Hypothalamic Hamartoma: Basic Mechanisms of Intrinsic Epileptogenesis

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Fenoglio, Kristina A ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Simeone, Timothy A ^a   Coons, Stephen W ^a   Rekate, Harold ^a   Rho, Jong M ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

epilepsy; epileptogenesis; hypothalamic hamartoma; mechanism; seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEURONS;

EID: 34249674989     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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