GABAA receptor-mediated IPSCs and α1 subunit expression are not reduced in the substantia nigra pars reticulata of gerbils with inherited epilepsy

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2446-2455

  Kumar, Sanjay S ^a   Wen, Xiling ^a   Yang, Yufeng ^a   Buckmaster, Paul S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA1 SUBUNIT, GABA A RECEPTOR; ALPHA1 SUBUNIT, GABA-A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERBIL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646169565     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01173.2005     Document Type: Article

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