Stabilizing dendritic structure as a novel therapeutic approach for epilepsy

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-915

  Wong, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Brain injury; Cognitive deficit; Dendrite; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Seizures; Spine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 45749094495     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.6.907     Document Type: Review

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