An astrocytic basis of epilepsy

Nature Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 973-981

  Tian, Guo Feng ^a   Azmi, Hooman ^b   Takano, Takahiro ^a   Xu, Qiwu ^a   Peng, Weiguo ^a   Lin, Jane ^c   Oberheim, NancyAnn ^a   Lou, Nanhong ^a   Wang, Xiaohai ^a   Zielke, H Ronald ^d   Kang, Jian ^c   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VALPROIC ACID; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; IMAGING; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EPILEPSY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; PHOTOLYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24744449939     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1277     Document Type: Article

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