Sensitivity of thalamic GABAergic currents to clonazepam does not differ between control and genetic absence epilepsy rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1026, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-266

  Badiu, Carmen Ionela ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Epilepsy; GABA A receptor; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CLONAZEPAM;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CADMIUM; CLONAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 5444228978     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.029     Document Type: Article

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