Cellular mechanisms underlying cortical spreading depression

Cortical spreading depression (SD) is a slowly propagating wave of brain cell depolarization that manifests in several neurological conditions, including migraine with aura, ischemia and brain trauma. The unique pattern of SD propagation suggests that it arises from an unusual form of intercellular...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhou, Ning
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25839