The utility of tuberless models of tuberous sclerosis [1]

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1629-1630

  Wong, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 34547837477     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01178_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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