Mechanisms contributing to the exacerbated epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices of GABAB1 receptor subunit knockout mice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 121-136

  Brown, Jon T ^a,b   Gill, Catherine H ^a   Farmer, Clare E ^a   Lanneau, Christophe ^a   Randall, Andrew D ^a   Pangalos, Menelas N ^a   Collingridge, Graham L ^b   Davies, Ceri H ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; GABAB receptor; Hippocampal slice; Synpatic transmission; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINOPYRIDINE; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXOTREMORINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPSE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0842265832     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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