Crucial role of astrocytes in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuroscience

Volumn 323, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-169

  Steinhauser C ^a   Grunnet, M ^b   Carmignoto, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenosine kinase; Antiepileptic drugs; Astrocyte; Connexin; Kir channel; Water channel

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIOTRANSMITTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR4.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOTRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS;

EID: 84921961947     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.047     Document Type: Article

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