Lack of α1b-adrenergic receptor protects against epileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Pizzanelli, Chiara ^a   Lazzeri, Gloria ^b   Fulceri, Federica ^b   Giorgi, Filippo S ^b   Pasquali, Livia ^b   Cifelli, Giuseppe ^c   Murri, Luigi ^b   Fornai, Francesco ^b,c  

^a Unit of Neurophysiopathology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

1b Adrenergic receptor; Epilepsy; Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Neurodegeneration; Noradrenaline; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EXCITOTOXIN; KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149277436     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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