Viral risk factor for seizures: Pathobiology of dynorphin in herpes simplex viral (HSV-1) seizures in an animal model
Up to 89% of patients with herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) encephalitis can have seizures. Possibly, viruses are environmental triggers for seizures in genetically vulnerable individuals. Inherited dynorphin promoter polymorphisms are associated with temporal lobe epilepsy and febrile seizures i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2006-09-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996106001197 |