What's wrong with the amygdala in temporal lobe epilepsy?

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2800-2801

  Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 80054067773     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr246     Document Type: Note

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