Evidence that compromised K + spatial buffering contributes to the epileptogenic effect of mutations in the human kir4.1 gene (KCNJ10)

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1635-1642

  Haj Yasein, Nadia Nabil ^a   Jensen, Vidar ^a   Vindedal, Gry Fluge ^a   Gundersen, Georg Andreas ^a   Klungland, Arne ^b   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^a   Hvalby, Øivind ^a   Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Epilepsy; Glia; K+ buffering; Seizures

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GENE; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN KIR4.1 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM RADIATUM;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUFFERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPILEPSY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOLD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; SEIZURES;

EID: 80052805065     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21205     Document Type: Article

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