Calcium channel dysfunction in inferior colliculus neurons of the genetically epilepsy-prone rat

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-675

  N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^b   Morad, Martin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel current; L type; N type; R type; Reflex audiogenic seizure

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; HIGH THRESHOLD VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; SNX 482; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICALLY EPILEPSY PRONE RAT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 58749091604     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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