The effects of seizures on the connectivity and circuitry of the developing brain

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-100

  Swann, John W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic transmission; Immature brain; NMDA; Repetitive seizures; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BRAIN; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEIZURES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4944229094     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20018     Document Type: Review

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