Self-reinforcing loop mechanism in epilepsy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 608-609

  Ionov, Ilya D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONVULSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 69249203501     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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