Todd, Faraday, and the electrical basis of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 985-992

  Reynolds, Edward H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge; Electricity; Epilepsy; Faraday; Todd

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTRICITY; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONDON; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 4043121177     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.12004.x     Document Type: Review

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