Effect of ACTH-induced hypercortisolemia on the EEG in patients with stress-related epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-190

  Klein, Pavel ^a,b   Sahoo, Sanjiv ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mid Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrencorticotrophic hormone; Cortisol; Cosyntropin; Epilepsy; Epileptiform discharges; Hypercortisolemia; Neurosteroids; Seizures; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; STRESS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844272015     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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