Brain morphology alterations in the basal ganglia and the hypothalamus following prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 297-301

  Ikonomidou, Chrysanthy ^a   Scheer, Ianina ^b   Wilhelm, Tabea ^b   Juengling, Freimut D ^c   Titze, Karl ^d   Stöver, Brigitte ^b   Lehmkuhl, Ulrike ^b   Koch, Sabine ^e   Kassubek, Jan ^f  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brain; Cognitive development; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL COUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TERATOGENICITY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 34547591751     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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