The promise of an interneuron-based cell therapy for epilepsy

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Sebe, Joy Y ^a   Baraban, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABA; Interneuron progenitor; Seizures; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

ARTICLE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEM CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78650038409     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20813     Document Type: Article

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