Epilepsy and serotonin (5HT): Variations of 5HT-related genes in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 478, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-31

  Stefulj, Jasminka ^a   Bordukalo Niksic, Tatjana ^a   Hecimovic, Hrvoje ^b   Demarin, Vida ^b   Jernej, Branimir ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

5HT; Association study; Polymorphism; Serotonin; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; GENOMIC DNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DISEASE DURATION; DNA ISOLATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CROATIA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1B; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953546161     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.060     Document Type: Article

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