Progressive cognitive decline in epilepsy: An indication of ongoing plasticity

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2002, Pages 409-417

  Stefan, Hermann ^a   Pauli, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; STEROID;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0036454557     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)35038-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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