Recent advances in epilepsy research
By: edited by Devin K. Binder, Helen E. Scharfman.
Contributors: Binder, Devin K.; Scharfman, Helen E.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 548.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum; Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com; Springer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; Georgetown, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Epilepsy -- Genetic aspects; Epilepsy -- Research; Neuromuscular diseases -- Research
Description: This volume is a composite profile of some exciting recent investigations in select areas of enquiry. This book should be of interest to a wide variety of audiences, including graduate students in neurobiology and related disciplines, neuroscientists, medical students, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and industry including pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies. There are many ideas in this book that will lead ingenious innovators in academia and industry to develop new and better therapies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genetic approaches to studying mouse models of human seizure disorders / Yan Yang and Wayne N. Frankel; title: Integrins, synaptic plasticity and epileptogenesis / Christine M. Gall and Gary Lynch; title: The role of BDNF in epilepsy and other diseases of the mature nervous system / Devin K. Binder; title: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in seizures / Susan D. Croll, Jeffrey H. Goodman and Helen E. Scharfman; title: Plasticity mechanisms underlying mGluR-induced epileptogenesis / Robert K.S. Wong, Shih-Chieh Chuang and Riccardo Bianchi; title: Role of the GABA transporter in epilepsy / George Richerson and Yuanming Wu; title: GABA and its receptors in epilepsy / Günther Sperk ... [et al.]; title: Role of the depolarizing GABA response in epilepsy / Kevin Staley; title: Gap junctions, fast oscillations and the initiation of seizures / Roger D. Traub ... [et al.]; title: Functional role of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in seizures / Annamaria Vezzani ... [et al.]; title: Using the immune system to target epilepsy / Deborah Young and Matthew J. During; title: Cortical dysplasis and epilepsy / Philip A. Schwartzkroin, Steven N. Roper and H. Jurgen Wenzel; title: Malformations of cortical development / Peter B. Crino; title: Functional implications of seizure-induced neurogenesis / Helen E. Scharfman; title: Febrile seizures and mechanisms of epileptogenesis / Roland A. Bender, Celine Dubé and Tallie Z. Baram; title: The tetanus toxin model of chronic epilepsy / T.A. Benke and J. Swann; title: Brain stimulation as a therapy for epilepsy / Jeffrey H. Goodman.