Developmental seizures induced by common early-life insults: Short- and long-term effects on seizure susceptibility

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-257

  Jensen, Frances E ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Brain slices; Childhood; Epilepsy; Febrile seizure; Hypoxia; Neonatal; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0033669296     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2779(2000)6:4<253::AID-MRDD4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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