Cleaning up epilepsy and neurodegeneration: The role of autophagy in epileptogenesis

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 177-178

  Wong, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOSOME ENZYME; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN;

BRAIN TISSUE; CHAPERONE-MEDIATED AUTOPHAGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOREBRAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MICROAUTOPHAGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NOTE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84886604685     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7597-13.4.177     Document Type: Note

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