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Astrocytes and epilepsy /
"Epilepsy is a devastating group of neurological disorders characterized by periodic and unpredictable seizure activity in the brain. There is a critical need for new drugs and approaches given than at least one-third of all epilepsy patients are not freed of seizures by existing medications an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom :
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- History of astrocytes
- Astrocytes in the mammalian brain
- Gliotransmitters
- Types of epilepsy
- Neuropathology of human epilepsy
- Astrocyte calcium signaling
- Potassium channels
- Water channels
- Glutamate metabolism
- Adenosine metabolism
- Gap junctions
- Blood-brain barrier disruption
- Inflammation
- Therapeutic targets and future directions.