K+-evoked [3H]-norepinephrine release in human brain slices from epileptic and non-epileptic patients is differentially modulated by gabapentin and pinacidil

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Freiman, Thomas M ^a   Surges, Rainer ^a   Kukolja, Juraj ^a   Heinemeyer, Jan ^a   Klar, Maximilian ^a   van Velthoven, Vera ^a   Zentner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Epilepsy; Gabapentin; KATP channels; Pinacidil

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHILD; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IDAZOXAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM; QUINOXALINES; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 33646479608     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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