Downregulation of gephyrin in temporal lobe epilepsy neurons in humans and a rat model

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1006-1014

  Fang, Min ^a,c   Shen, Lan ^a,b,c   Yin, Huan ^a   Pan, Yu Min ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Chen, Dan ^a   Xi, Zhi Qin ^a   Xiao, Zheng ^a   Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Zhou, Sheng Nian ^c  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangjin Central Hospital   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GABA A receptors; Gephyrin; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

GEPHYRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960958962     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20928     Document Type: Article

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