Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Potential mechanisms of cognitive regression

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Blume, Warren T ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Lennox Gastaut; Pathophysiology; Repeated seizures; Slow spike wave

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; SLEEP;

EID: 4944230518     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20029     Document Type: Review

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