Disturbed benzodiazepine receptor function at the onset of temporal lobe epilepsy: Iomazenil-binding in de-novo TLE

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 585-591

  Matheja, Peter ^a   Lüdemann, Peter ^b   Kuwert, Torsten ^a   Weckesser, Matthias ^a   Kellinghaus, Christoph ^b   Weitemeyer, Lars ^b   Diehl, Beate ^b   Schuierer, Gerhard ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^b   Schober, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Dept of Neurology ^*

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor binding; De novo epilepsy; GABAA receptor complex; SPECT; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; IODINE 123; IOMAZENIL; IOMAZENIL I 123; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINDING SITES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034939789     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150170136     Document Type: Article

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