Endozepine stupor. Recurring stupor linked to endozepine-4 accumulation

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Lugaresi, Elio ^a,d   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Gallassi, Roberto ^a   Wang, Tau Chin L ^b   Markey, Sanford P ^b   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Clinica Neurologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Coma; Endozepine; Flumazenil; Stupor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; FLUMAZENIL;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REM SLEEP; STUPOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMA; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031983763     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.1.127     Document Type: Article

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