Vigabatrin reduces epileptiform activity in brain slices from pharmacoresistant epilepsy patients

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 401, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Musshoff, Ulrich ^a   Köhling, Rüdiger ^a   Lücke, Anne ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a   Tuxhorn, Ingrid ^b   Wolf, Peter ^b   Pauuek, Heinz W ^c   Oppel, Falk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^c Neurochirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Brain slice; Epileptic activity; Pharmacoresistant; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; RATS; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0342626604     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00420-9     Document Type: Article

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