Advances in understanding basic mechanisms of epilepsy and seizures

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 638-646

  Jefferys, John G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cerebral cortex; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Histology; History; Ion channels; Molecular biology; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PENICILLIN G; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; TIAGABINE; VIGABATRIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

BLOOD CELL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LOSS; CELL POPULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 78649804999     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.026     Document Type: Review

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