Mood disorders and their treatment in patients with epilepsy

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-28

  Prueter, Christian ^a   Norra, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PRIMIDONE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 14144253832     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.17.1.20     Document Type: Review

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