Electrophysiological properties and subunit composition of GABAa receptors in patients with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-15

  Wu, Jie ^a   Chang, Yongchang ^a   Li, Guohui ^a   Xue, Fenqin ^a   DeChon, Jamie ^a   Ellsworth, Kevin ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a   Yang, Kechun ^a   Bahadroani, Nasim ^a   Zheng, Chao ^a   Zhang, Jianliang ^a   Rekate, Harold ^a   Rho, Jong M ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; ELTANOLONE; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CELL ISOLATION; CHILD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS;

EID: 34447555649     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00165.2007     Document Type: Article

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