Progress in Cell Grafting Therapy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-735

  Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b,c  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell therapy for epilepsy; Chronic epilepsy; Complex partial seizures; GABA ergic transplants; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Neural stem cell grafts; Spontaneous recurrent seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

EPILEPTOGENESIS; FETAL STEM CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 80955125660     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-011-0064-y     Document Type: Review

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