Cellular mechanisms of cobalt-induced hippocampal epileptiform discharges

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-115

  He, Jiwei ^b   Hsiang, Hwa Lin ^b   Wu, Chiping ^b   Mylvagnanam, Shanthini ^b   Carlen, Peter L ^b,c   Zhang, Liang ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracellular calcium; Gap junction; Metal; Sharp waves; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; CARBENOXOLONE; COBALT CHLORIDE; DIAZEPAM; OCTANOL; PHENYTOIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COBALT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 58149231250     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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