Electrophysiological properties of human hypothalamic hamartomas

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-382

  Wu, Jie ^a   Xu, Lin ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Rho, Jong M ^a   St John, Paul A ^b   Lue, Lih Fen ^c   Coons, Stephen ^a   Ellsworth, Kevin ^a   Nowak, Lee ^a   Johnson, Eric ^a   Rekate, Harold ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUN PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SLICE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; PACEMAKER; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BICUCULLINE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; ISOENZYMES; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; VALINE;

EID: 24644508338     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20580     Document Type: Article

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