Metabotropic glutamate receptors in the thalamocortical network: Strategic targets for the treatment of absence epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1211-1222

  Ngomba, Richard Teke ^a   Santolini, Ines ^a   Salt, Thomas E ^b   Ferraguti, Francesco ^c   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^a   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^a,d   Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^e  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; mGlu receptors; Spike wave discharges; WAG Rij rat model

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 8;

ABSENCE; DISEASE MODEL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; THALAMUS;

EID: 79960030543     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03082.x     Document Type: Review

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