The role of gap junctions in seizures

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 235-241

  Carlen, Peter L ^a,b   Skinner, Frances ^a,b   Zhang, Liang ^a,b   Naus, Christian ^c   Kushnir, Moshe ^a,d   Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Gap junction; Seizure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034109490     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00084-3     Document Type: Review

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