Decreased viability and absence-like epilepsy in mice lacking or deficient in the GABA A receptor α1 subunit

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Arain, Fazal M ^a   Boyd, Kelli L ^a   Gallagher, Martin J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Electromyography; Ethosuximide; Generalized; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; ETHOSUXIMIDE;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIKE WAVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84865002121     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03596.x     Document Type: Article

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