Functional changes in glutamate transporters and astrocyte biophysical properties in a rodent model of focal cortical dysplasia

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, Susan L ^a   Hablitz, John J ^a   Olsen, Michelle L ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Gliosis; GLT 1

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84919433348     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00425     Document Type: Article

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