The role of calcium channels in epilepsy

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rajakulendran, Sanjeev ^a   Hanna, Michael G ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA1 SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA2DELTA SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL GAMMA SUBUNIT; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84953282799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a022723     Document Type: Article

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