Increased persistent Na+ current contributes to seizure in the slamdance bang-sensitive Drosophila mutant

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-29

  Marley, Richard ^a   Baines, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aCC; Motoneuron; Phenytoin; RP2; Synaptic current

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PHENYTOIN; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; SODIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LARVA; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEIZURE; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NOISE; PHENYTOIN; SEIZURES; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79959959081     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00808.2010     Document Type: Article

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