GABA-B receptor activation in the rat globus pallidus potently suppresses pentylenetetrazol-induced tonic seizures

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-464

  Chen, Lei ^a   Chan, Ying Shing ^b   Yung, Wing Ho ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Epilepsy; Globus pallidus; Pentylenetetrazol; Tiagabine; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; TIAGABINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MORTALITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC SEIZURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABA AGONISTS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642517883     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077895     Document Type: Article

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