Dysregulation of sodium channel expression in cortical neurons in a rodent model of absence epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 1000, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 102-109

  Klein, Joshua P ^a,b   Khera, Davender S ^a   Nersesyan, Hrachya ^a   Kimchi, Eyal Y ^a   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b   Blumenfeld, Hal ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Disorders of the nervous system; Epilepsy: human studies and animal models; Hyperexcitability; Ion channel; Persistent current; Spike wave seizure; WAG Rij

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ABSENCE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHANNELS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1842453277     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.051     Document Type: Article

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