Ion channels in epilepsy

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 1998, Pages 199-226

  Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND;

CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0031606353     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(08)60611-x     Document Type: Article

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