CSF glutamate/GABA concentrations in pyridoxine-dependent seizures: Etiology of pyridoxine-dependent seizures and the mechanisms of pyridoxine action in seizure control

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-29

  Goto, Tomohide ^a   Matsuo, Nobutake ^a   Takahashi, Takao ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; Glutamate decarboxylase; Pyridoxine; Pyridoxine dependent seizures; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; TRICLOFOS;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME BINDING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYRIDOXINE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035137321     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(00)00193-5     Document Type: Article

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