Astrocytic function and its alteration in the epileptic brain

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Jabs, Ronald ^a   Seifert, Gerald ^a   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Dysfunction; Epilepsy; Neuron glia interactions

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 38449112392     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01488.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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