Astrocyte dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy: K + channels and gap junction coupling

GLIA

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1192-1202

  Steinhäuser, Christian ^a   Seifert, Gerald ^a   Bedner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Connexin; Cx30; Cx43; Dye coupling; Hemichannel; Kir channel; Kir4.1

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AQUAPORIN 4; BUFFER; CARBENOXOLONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATION CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; ESTRADIOL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HALOTHANE; HEPTANOL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID; KCNJ10 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OCTANOL; OLEAMIDE; PANNEXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR4.1; PROPIONATE SODIUM; TAURINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTE DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DRUG TARGETING; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CONNEXINS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84862327508     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22313     Document Type: Article

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