Altered brain sodium channel transcript levels in human epilepsy

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Lombardo, Anthony J ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^b   Powers, Richard E ^c   Brown, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ion channel; Ligase detection reaction; mRNA quantitation; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0030029772     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00194-W     Document Type: Article

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