Kv4.2 knockout mice demonstrate increased susceptibility to convulsant stimulation

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1741-1751

  Barnwell, L Forbes S ^a   Lugo, Joaquin N ^a   Lee, Wai L ^a   Willis, Sarah E ^a   Gertz, Shira J ^a   Hrachovy, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Anne E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A type K channel; Channelopathies; Mouse; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; KAINIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV4.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONVULSANT AGENT; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHANNELOPATHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHANNELOPATHIES; CONVULSANTS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SEIZURES; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 67649945706     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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