The neurobiology of epilepsy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-354

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEURONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 34547123577     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-007-0053-z     Document Type: Review

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