Inhibition of the betaine-GABA transporter (mGAT2/BGT-1) modulates spontaneous electrographic bursting in the medial entorhinal cortex (mEC)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-13

  Smith, Misty D ^a   Saunders, Gerald W ^a   Clausen, Rasmus P ^b   Frø ́lund, Bente ^b   Krogsgaard Larsen, Povl ^b   Larsson, Orla M ^b   Schousboe, Arne ^b   Wilcox, Karen S ^a   White, H Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Combined mEC HC slices; EF1502; Glia; Kainic acid; Tiagabine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; EF 1502; N [4,4 BIS(3 METHYL 2 THIENYL) 3 BUTENYL] 4 (METHYLAMINO 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDROBENZO[D]ISOXAZOL 3 OL); TIAGABINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 40149084008     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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