Cellular and molecular basis of epilepsy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 3413-3425

  McNamara, James O ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0028179659     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-06-03413.1994     Document Type: Review

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