Excitatory effects of gap junction blockers on cerebral cortex seizure-like activity in rats and mice

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1971-1978

  Voss, Logan J ^a,b   Jacobson, Gregory ^c   Sleigh, James W ^b   Steyn Ross, Alistair ^b   Steyn Ross, Moira ^b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gap junctions; Mouse; Rat; Seizures

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING AGENT; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION BLOCKING AGENT; MEFLOQUINE; QUINIDINE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GAP JUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; QUINIDINE; QUININE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149174964     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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