Meditation potentially capable of increasing susceptibility to epilepsy - A follow-up hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 925-928

  Jaseja, Harinder ^a,b  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Harishanker puram   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MEDITATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 32144436941     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.043     Document Type: Article

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