Transcriptional channelopathies: An emerging class of disorders

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 652-659

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035462457     PISSN: 14710048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35090026     Document Type: Review

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