Neuron-astrocyte signaling and epilepsy

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-10

  Seifert, Gerald ^a   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AQP4; Astrocyte; Gap junction coupling; Gliotransmitter; Glutamate uptake; Kir4.1; Spatial buffering; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AQUAPORIN 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM ION;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877601668     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.08.024     Document Type: Review

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