The search for better epilepsy treatments: From slime mould to coconuts

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1625-1628

  Walker, Matthew C ^a,b   Williams, Robin S B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Epilepsy; Ketogenesis; Ketogenic diet; Phosphoinositide 3 kinase; Valproate. Abbreviation used: PI3K

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; OCTANOIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; BIRTH DEFECT; COCONUT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EPILEPSY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KETOGENESIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEIZURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; COCOS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DRUG DISCOVERY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84887946447     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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