Novel astrocyte targets: New avenues for the therapeutic treatment of epilepsy

Neuroscientist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-83

  Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^b   Steinhäuser, Christian ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

absence epilepsy; connexin; GABA; glutamate; potassium; temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; ACETYLCHOLINE; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ABSENCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ASTROCYTE; ATAXIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TARGET CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84920948390     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858414523320     Document Type: Review

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