Uncoupling of astrogliosis from epileptogenesis in adenosine kinase (ADK) transgenic mice
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Adenosine kinase is a target for the prediction and prevention of epileptogenesis in mice.
Astrogliosis is a pathological hallmark of the epileptic brain. The identification of mechanisms that link astrogliosis to neuronal dysfunction in epilepsy may provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention. Here we show that astrocyte-expressed adenosine kinase (ADK), a key negative regulator of the brain inhibitory molecule adenosine, is a potential predictor and modulator of epileptogenesi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron Glia Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1740-925X,1741-0533
DOI: 10.1017/s1740925x09990135