Sudden onset panic: Epileptic aura or panic disorder?

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-443

  Hurley, Robin A ^a,b,c,d   Fisher, Ronald ^c   Taber, Katherine H ^a,b,c  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 [2' (N 2 PYRIDYNYL) 4 FLUOROBENZAMIDO]ETHYLPIPERAZINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUMAZENIL C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IOMAZENIL; IOMAZENIL I 123; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE C 11; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE F 18; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 33750829271     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2006.18.4.436     Document Type: Review

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