Seizure susceptibility is associated with altered protein expression of voltage-gated calcium channel subunits in inferior colliculus neurons of the genetically epilepsy-prone rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1308, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-157

  N'Gouemo, Prosper ^a   Yasuda, Robert ^a   Faingold, Carl L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

2 ; 3; Audiogenic seizure; Ca2+ channel; L type; Protein; R type

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 70949097896     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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