SLEEP | Seizure Initiation: The Transition from Sleep-Related Oscillations to Epileptiform Discharge

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1343-1350

  Amzica, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Glia; Intracellular; Neurons; pH; Potassium; Spike wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885032946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00340-4     Document Type: Chapter

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