Downregulation of tonic GABA currents following epileptogenic stimulation of rat hippocampal cultures

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 577, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 579-590

  Qi, Jin Shun ^a,b   Yao, Jun ^a   Fang, Cheng ^a   Luscher, Bernhard ^a   Chen, Gong ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABOXADOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; BICUCULLINE; CYCLOTHIAZIDE; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHOLE CELL; EPILEPTOGENIC STIMULATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KAINIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33751315296     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.113134     Document Type: Article

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