Hyperexcitability of CA3 Pyramidal Cells in Mice Lacking the Potassium Channel Subunit Kv1.1

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1506-1512

  Lopantsev, Valeri ^a   Tempel, Bruce L ^a,b   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst discharge; CA3 pyramidal cells; Hippocampal slice; Hyperexcitability; Kcnal mutant mice; Kv1.1

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE DELETION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KV1.1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0346734203     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2003.44602.x     Document Type: Article

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