NMDA-Receptors 1 and 2A/B coassembly increased in human epileptic focal cortical dysplasia

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1683-1687

  Mikuni, Nobuhiro ^a   Babb, Thomas L ^a   Ying, Zhong ^a   Najm, Imad ^a   Nishiyama, Kazutoshi ^a   Wylie, Christi ^a   Yacubova, Karina ^a   Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Bingaman, William ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coprecipitation; Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Immunoblotting; NMDAR

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032764077     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01584.x     Document Type: Article

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