Basic mechanisms of MCD in animal models

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-214

  Battaglia, Giorgio ^a   Becker, Albert J ^b   LoTurco, Joseph ^c   Represa, Alfonso ^d   Baraban, Scott C ^e   Roper, Steven N ^f   Vezzani, Annamaria ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Epileptogenesis; Glutamate receptors; In utero irradiation; MAEUK proteins; MCD; Methylazoxymethanol; Pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RNA;

CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449646896     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0273     Document Type: Review

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