GLIA/ASTROCYTES | Role of Astrocyte Dysfunction in Epilepsy

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 412-417

  Binder, D K ^a   Steinhauser C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Astrocytes; Epilepsy; Glial; Gliogenesis; Glutamate; Ion channels; Potassium; Receptors; Sclerosis; Seizures; Transporters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902287982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00186-7     Document Type: Chapter

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