Blockade of inhibitory neurotransmission evoked seizure-like firing of cardiac parasympathetic neurons in brainstem slices of newborn rats: Implications for sudden deaths in patients of epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 172-183

  Wang, Jijiang ^a   Chen, Yonghua ^a   Li, Keyong ^a   Hou, Lili ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Epilepsy; GABA; Glycine; Nucleus ambiguus; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRAIN SLICE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARRHYTHMIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33746884342     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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