NR2B antagonists restrict spatiotemporal spread of activity in a rat model of cortical dysplasia

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 127-139

  Bandyopadhyay, Susanta ^a   Hablitz, John J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Imaging; Neocortex; NMDA; NR2B; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; DEXTRO 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONVALERIC ACID; DYE; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FREEZING; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROGYRIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES;

EID: 33845344652     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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