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
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; Georgetown, Tex., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Epilepsy -- Genetic aspects.; Epilepsy -- Research.; Neuromuscular diseases -- Research.; Epilepsy -- physiopathology.; Epilepsy -- genetics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Genetic approaches to studying mouse models of human seizure disorders / Yan Yang and Wayne N. Frankel; value: Integrins, synaptic plasticity and epileptogenesis / Christine M. Gall and Gary Lynch; value: The role of BDNF in epilepsy and other diseases of the mature nervous system / Devin K. Binder; value: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in seizures / Susan D. Croll, Jeffrey H. Goodman and Helen E. Scharfman; value: Plasticity mechanisms underlying mGluR-induced epileptogenesis / Robert K.S. Wong, Shih-Chieh Chuang and Riccardo Bianchi; value: Role of the GABA transporter in epilepsy / George Richerson and Yuanming Wu; value: GABA and its receptors in epilepsy / Günther Sperk ... [et al.]; value: Role of the depolarizing GABA response in epilepsy / Kevin Staley; value: Gap junctions, fast oscillations and the initiation of seizures / Roger D. Traub ... [et al.]; value: Functional role of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in seizures / Annamaria Vezzani ... [et al.]; value: Using the immune system to target epilepsy / Deborah Young and Matthew J. During; value: Cortical dysplasis and epilepsy / Philip A. Schwartzkroin, Steven N. Roper and H. Jurgen Wenzel; value: Malformations of cortical development / Peter B. Crino; value: Functional implications of seizure-induced neurogenesis / Helen E. Scharfman; value: Febrile seizures and mechanisms of epileptogenesis / Roland A. Bender, Celine Dubé and Tallie Z. Baram; value: The tetanus toxin model of chronic epilepsy / T.A. Benke and J. Swann; value: Brain stimulation as a therapy for epilepsy / Jeffrey H. Goodman.