Epilepsy as a neurodevelopmental disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Bozzi, Yuri ^a,b   Casarosa, Simona ^a,b   Caleo, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortex; Critical period; Gaba; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; REELIN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ARX GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX DEFECT; CORTICAL INTERNEURON MIGRATION DEFECT; CORTICAL PROJECTION NEURON MIGRATION DEFECT; DCX GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DLX GENE; DOUBLECORTIN GENE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NAV1.1 ALPHA SUBUNIT GENE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; NEURONAL PROLIFERATION DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REELIN GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 84865171060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00019     Document Type: Review

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