The role of astroglia in the epileptic brain

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Losi, Gabriele ^a   Cammarota, Mario ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Epilepsy; Glial neuronal interactions; Ictal event; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; ION CHANNEL; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC NERVE CELL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; SEIZURE; TARGET CELL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84866143592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00132     Document Type: Article

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