Progress in epilepsy research: GABA and epileptogenesis

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-407

  Olsen, Richard W ^a   Avoli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; EPILEPSY; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031116041     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01728.x     Document Type: Article

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