Glutamate and astrocytes - Key players in human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Eid, Tore ^a   Williamson, Anne ^a   Lee, Tih Shih W ^a   Petroff, Ognen A ^a   De Lanerolle, Nihal C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate metabolism; Glutamine synthetase; Hippocampus; Inflammation; Mesial temporal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ICTOGENESIS; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 38449093605     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01492.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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