Assessing the behavioral and cognitive effects of seizures on the developing brain

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2002, Pages 377-390

  Stafstrom, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FLUROTHYL; KAINIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0036458744     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)35034-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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