Antiepileptogenesis, neuroprotection, and disease modification in the treatment of epilepsy: Focus on levetiracetam

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Klitgaard, Henrik ^a   Pitkänen, Asla ^b  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

AEDs; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Kindling; Levetiracetam; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SCREENING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEAD INJURY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIRACETAM;

EID: 17744406684     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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