Scn2a sodium channel mutation results in hyperexcitability in the hippocampus in vitro

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-499

  Kile, Kara Buehrer ^a   Tian, Nan ^a   Durand, Dominique M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Q54; Scn2a; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCN2A GENE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXAZINES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 39749148465     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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