Increased susceptibility to acetylcholine in the entorhinal cortex of pilocarpine-treated rats involves alterations in KCNQ channels

In models of temporal lobe epilepsy, in-vitro exposure of the entorhinal cortex (EC) to low concentrations of acetylcholine (ACh) induces muscarinic-dependent seizure-like events. Potassium channels from the KCNQ/Kv7 family, which close upon activation of muscarinic receptors, are mutated in several...

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Main Authors: Anna Maslarova, Seda Salar, Ezequiel Lapilover, Alon Friedman, Rüdiger W. Veh, Uwe Heinemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-08-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996113001095