Metabolic parameters of epilepsy: Adjuncts to established antiepileptic drug therapy

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-365

  Van Gelder, Nico M ^a   Sherwin, Allan L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; GABA; Glutamic acid; Human brain; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Metabolism; Migraine; Phosphoinositol

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; LAMOTRIGINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXCARBAZEPINE; REMACEMIDE; TAURINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; WATER; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METABOLIC BALANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL; NERVE INJURY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY WATER; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOSIS;

EID: 0037320268     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022433421761     Document Type: Article

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