NETWORKS | The Substantia Nigra in the Control of Seizures

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 846-854

  Scantlebury, M H ^a   Galanopoulou, A S ^a   Veliskova J ^a   Moshe S L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Basal ganglia; Chloride cotransporter; Development; Epilepsy; Estrogen; GABA; GABAA receptor; Glucose uptake; Inhibition; Muscimol; Seizure suppression; Status epilepticus (SE); Substantia nigra; Substantia nigra pars reticulate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909635740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00262-9     Document Type: Chapter

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