Idiopathic megalencephaly-possible cause and treatment opportunities: From patient to lab

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 438-445

  Almgren, Malin ^a   Schalling, Martin ^a   Lavebratt, Catharina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal model; Apoptosis; Epilepsy; Episodic ataxia; Megalencephaly; Neurogenes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; MYELIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ATAXIA; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODEL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PERINATAL PERIOD; POTASSIUM CHANNELOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MICE;

EID: 53049094256     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.11.008     Document Type: Review

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