title: Hypothesis: Astrocytes in the central medial amygdala may be implicated in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy by melanocortinergic signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tao-Tao
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xue-Bi
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: xhbtj2004@163.com.
authors.forename: Hong-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing 100050, China. Electronic address: zjguo73@126.com.
authors.forename: Jian-Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D044105:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C574273:MC4R protein, mouse; D044105:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4