Effects of anticonvulsant drugs on life span

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-496

  Kornfeld, Kerry ^a   Evason, Kimberley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3 DIETHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FLUPHENAZINE; FLURAZEPAM; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; SUCCINIMIDE; TRIMETHADIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; LIFESPAN; NEMATODE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; HUMANS; LACTAMS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHADIONE;

EID: 33645749025     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.4.491     Document Type: Article

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