Seizure and epilepsy: Studies of seizure disorders in drosophila

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-21

  Parker, Louise ^a   Howlett, Iris C ^b   Rusan, Zeid M ^b   Tanouye, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Epilepsy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; VALPROIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BOOK; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHANNELOPATHY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GAP JUNCTION CHANNEL GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRICKLE1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN1A GENE; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL GENE;

EID: 80052508886     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387003-2.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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