The Postictal State: A Neglected Entity in the Management of Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-59

  Fisher, Robert S ^a   Schachter, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; seizure; postictal; psychosis; neurotransmitters; cerebral blood flow; opiates; adenosine; nitric oxide; complications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011000349     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0023     Document Type: Review

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