Cellular abnormalities and synaptic plasticity in seizure disorders of the immature nervous system

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 258-267

  Swann, John W ^a,c   Hablitz, John J ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Cain Foundation Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Development; Epilepsy; NMDA receptors; Synaptic remodeling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033663629     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2779(2000)6:4<258::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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