Modulation of epileptiform activity by glutamine and system A transport in a model of post-traumatic epilepsy

Epileptic activity arises from an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission. To determine if alterations in the metabolism of glutamate, the primary excitatory neurotransmitter, might contribute to epilepsy we directly and indirectly modified levels of glutamine, an immediate prec...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Tani, Anita E. Bandrowski, Isabel Parada, Michelle Wynn, John R. Huguenard, David A. Prince, Richard J. Reimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-02-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996106002208