Dysfunctional HCN ion channels in neurological diseases

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  DiFrancesco, Jacopo C ^a,b   DiFrancesco, Dario ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; HCN channels; HCN mutation; Ih< inf> current; Pain; Parkinson s disease; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; GABAPENTIN; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HCN1 GENE; HCN2 GENE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 84939619349     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00071     Document Type: Review

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