Hippocampal betaine/GABA transporter mRNA expression is not regulated by inflammation or dehydration post-status epilepticus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-90

  Rowley, Nicole M ^a   Smith, Misty D ^a   Lamb, John G ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^b   White, H Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Betaine GABA transporter; Epilepsy; GABA transporters; Osmolyte transporters; SLC6a12; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 3; BETAINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PILOCARPINE; PROTEASOME; PROTEASOME SUBUNIT BETA 6; TAURINE TRANSPORTER; TONICITY ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEHYDRATION; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 79952570817     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07174.x     Document Type: Article

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