Gabapentin fails to alter P/Q-type Ca2+ channel-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampus in vitro

Synapse

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-269

  Brown, Jon T ^a   Randall, Andrew ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field EPSP; Hippocampal slice; Neurontin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; GABAPENTIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 13844294230     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20115     Document Type: Article

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