Functional GABA uptake at inhibitory synapses in CA1 of chronically epileptic rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 199-202

  Stief, Frank ^a   Piechotta, Antje ^a   Gabriel, Sigrun ^a   Schmitz, Dietmar ^a   Draguhn, Andreas ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA uptake; Inhibitory postsynaptic currents; Pilocarpine; Tiagabine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PILOCARPINE; TIAGABINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PILOCARPINE; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 25844496922     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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