Stress and epilepsy

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Lai, Chi Wan ^a   Trimble, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticotrophin releasing factor; EEG; Epilepsy; Neuroendocrinology; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; LORAZEPAM; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN; STEROID;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0030790202     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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