Global and focal aspects of absence epilepsy: The contribution of genetic models

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 983-1003

  van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a   Sitnikova, Evgenia ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Focus; GABA; Secondary generalized epilepsy; Somatosensory cortex; Spike wave discharges; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN;

ABSENCE; DROWSINESS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33747872325     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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