Rat epileptic seizures evoked by BmK αIV and its possible mechanisms involved in sodium channels

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Chai, Zhi Fang ^b   Bai, Zhan Tao ^b   Zhang, Xu Ying ^b,c   Liu, Tong ^b   Pang, Xue Yan ^a   Ji, Yong Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

BmK IV; Cerebrocortical synaptosomes; Epileptic seizure; Glutamate release; Ion imaging; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

BUTHUS MARTENSI KIRSCH TOXIN ALPHA IV; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FLUOROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTOSOMES; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; RATTUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34247521837     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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