Nicotinic receptors in circuit excitability and epilepsy

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 580-589

  Raggenbass, Mario ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortex; Genetics; Heteromeric nicotinic receptors; Mutation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; EPILEPSY; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR CONTROL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0036890835     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10152     Document Type: Article

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