Antiepileptic drugs abolish ictal but not interictal epileptiform discharges in vitro

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-431

  D'Antuono, Margherita ^a   Köhling, Rüdiger ^b   Ricalzone, Serena ^a   Gotman, Jean ^a   Biagini, Giuseppe ^c   Avoli, Massimo ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Antiepileptic drugs; Entorhinal cortex; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PICROTOXIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRUCTOSE; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77749246030     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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