TRANSPORTERS | Function of Cell-Surface Glutamate Transporters in the Brain: An Important Role for Development and Preventing Seizures

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1373-1379

  Aniksztejn, L ^a   Cattani, A A ^a   Represa, A ^a   Milh, M ^b   Villeneuve, N ^b  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Development; EEG; Epilepsy; Glutamate transporters; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Networks; NMDA receptors; Suppression burst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879378344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00159-4     Document Type: Chapter

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