Gabapentin promotes inhibition by enhancing hyperpolarization-activated cation currents and spontaneous firing in hippocampal CA1 interneurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Peng, Bi Wen ^a   Justice, Jason A ^b   Zhang, Kun ^b   Li, Jun xu ^c   He, Xiao hua ^a   Sanchez, Russell M ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; H current; Hippocampus; Interneuron; Slice

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; GABAPENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AMINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79953038584     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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