Long-term neuroplasticity effects of febrile seizures in the developing brain

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Chang, Ying Chao ^a,c   Huang, Chao Ching ^b   Huang, Song Chei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Hippocampus; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuroplasticity; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 42449091464     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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