Serotonin: The anti-sudden death amine?

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 241-244

  Richerson, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

APNEA; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BODY POSTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVULSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENE MUTATION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SHOCK; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84887561794     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7597-13.5.241     Document Type: Article

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