Comparative cognitive effects of carbamazepine and gabapentin in healthy senior adults

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 764-771

  Martin, Roy ^a   Meador, Kimford ^b   Turrentine, Luanne ^c   Faught, Edward ^a   Sinclair, Kristina ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a   Gilliam, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Cognition; Gabapentin; Mood; Senior adults

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TOXICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETIC ACIDS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION; CARBAMAZEPINE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0034957749     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.33300.x     Document Type: Article

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