Role of the GABA transporter in epilepsy

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 548, Issue , 2004, Pages 76-91

  Richerson, George B ^a   Wu, Yuanming ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; TIAGABINE; VIGABATRIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3242784074     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-6376-8_6     Document Type: Review

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