Effects of the lh blockers CsCl and ZD7288 on inherited epilepsy in Mongolian gerbils

Experimental Animals

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Matsuda, Yoshiki ^a   Saito, Nobuko ^a   Yamamoto, Kiyofumi ^a   Niitsu, Takashi ^a   Kogure, Shinichi ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CsCl; Hyperpolarization activated current (Ih); Inherited epilepsy; Mongolian gerbil; ZD7288

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CESIUM; CHLORIDE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL; ICI D2788; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERBIL; MALE; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; EPILEPSY; GERBILLINAE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRIMIDINES; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 51449107417     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.57.377     Document Type: Article

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