Increasing synchronization may promote seizure termination: Evidence from status epilepticus

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1955-1968

  Schindler, Kaspar ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Lehnertz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Drug action; EEG; Seizure termination; Status epilepticus; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 34547540540     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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