vGLUT2 heterozygous mice show more susceptibility to clonic seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 41-44

  Schallier, Anneleen ^a   Massie, Ann ^a   Loyens, Ellen ^a   Moechars, Diederik ^b   Drinkenburg, Wilhelmus ^b   Michotte, Yvette ^a   Smolders, Ilse ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Generalized epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazol model; Vesicular glutamate transporter 2

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TENDON REFLEX; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; THALAMUS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

MUS;

EID: 64949106430     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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