Expressions of type I and III sodium channel α subunits were up-regulated in hippocampus of spontaneously epileptic rats

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Guo, Feng ^a   Yu, Na ^a   Cai, Ji Qun ^a   Tu, Da Yu ^a   Jin, Ge ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Spontaneously epileptic rat; Subunit; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONIC SEIZURE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34247469450     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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