Disorders of reproduction in epilepsy-What can we learn from animal studies?

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Taubøll, Erik ^a,b   Røste, Line Sveberg ^a   Svalheim, Sigrid ^a   Gjerstad, Leif ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal models; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Hormones; Rats; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HORMONE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; SEX HORMONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPILEPSY; FERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GONAD; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEIZURE; SPERM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38949115266     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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