Transition to absence seizures and the role of GABA A receptors

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-289

  Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a   Cope, David W ^a   Terry, John R ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA B receptors; GAERS; GHB; Mathematical modelling; Phasic GABA A inhibition; Tonic GABA A inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABOXADOL; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE DISCHAGE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GABA AGENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84858732589     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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