Altered thalamic GABAA-receptor subunit expression in the stargazer mouse model of absence epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 224-232

  Seo, Steve ^a   Leitch, Beulah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; GABAA receptors; Immunofluorescence; Stargazer mouse; Thalamocortical network; Western blot

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CACNG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GABRA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GABRB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ABSENCE; ABSENCE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; GABAA RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STARGAZER MOUSE; THALAMOCORTICAL NETWORK; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABSENCE EPILEPSY; GABAA RECEPTORS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; STARGAZER MOUSE; THALAMOCORTICAL NETWORK; WESTERN BLOT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84894056324     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12500     Document Type: Article

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