Antiepileptic calcium antagonism in human and animal neocortical tissue;Antiepileptischer Kalzium-Antagonismus im menschlichen und tierischen Hirnrindengewebe

EEG-EMG Zeitschrift fur Elektroenzephalographie Elektromyographie und Verwandte Gebiete

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-235

  Straub H ^a   Kohling R ^a   Speckmann, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

animals; epilepsy; flunarizine; humans; neocortex; verapamil

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029825166     PISSN: 00127590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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