Anticonvulsant effects of leptin in epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-28

  Diano, Sabrina ^a,b   Horvath, Tamas L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; 4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 38149111971     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI34511     Document Type: Note

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