Potential role of drug transporters in the pathogenesis of medically intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-235

  Kwan, Patrick ^a   Brodie, Martin J ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Drug transporters; Epilepsy; MDR; P glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG TRANSPORT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; PHARMACOGENETICS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 13244298981     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.31904.x     Document Type: Review

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