Involvement of GABA in mirror focus: A case report

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-303

  Bortolato, Marco ^a   Barberini, Luigi ^a   Puligheddu, Monica ^a   Muroni, Antonella ^a   Maleci, Alberto ^a   Ennas, Franco ^a   Gioi, Gioia ^a   Serra, Alessandra ^a   Piga, Mario ^a   Marrosu, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

123I Iomazenil brain SPECT; GABA; Mirror focus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; IOMAZENIL I 123; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MIRROR FOCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955057935     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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