Ion channel variation causes epilepsies

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 275-284

  Moulard, Bruno ^b   Picard, Fabienne ^a   Le Hellard, Stéphanie ^b   Agulhon, Cendra ^b   Weiland, Sigrid ^a   Favre, Isabelle ^a   Bertrand, Sonia ^a   Malafosse, Alain ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b HUG Hôpital Belle Idée   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ion channel; Mutation; Neurology disorder; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHANNEL GATING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXON; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034750540     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(01)00104-7     Document Type: Review

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