Are alterations in transmitter receptor and ion channel expression responsible for epilepsies?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 813, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-229

  Powell, Kim L ^a   Lukasiuk, Katarzyna ^b   O'Brien, Terence J ^a   Pitkänen, Asla ^c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acquired epilepsy; Animal models of epilepsy; Genetic generalized epilepsy; Ligand gated ion channels; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED ION CHANNEL;

EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 84959219349     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-17-8914-1_17     Document Type: Review

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