Intracellular calcium increase in epileptiform activity: Modulation by levetiracetam and lamotrigine

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 719-728

  Pisani, Antonio ^a,b,d   Bonsi, Paola ^b   Martella, Giuseppina ^a   De Persis, Cristiano ^a   Costa, Cinzia ^a,c   Pisani, Francesco ^c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Calabresi, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brain slice; Calcium; Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Levetiracetam; Paroxysmal depolarizing shift

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; MAGNESIUM; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIRACETAM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIAZINES;

EID: 3042775555     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.02204.x     Document Type: Article

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