Sleep and epilepsy

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-313

  Vaughn, Bradley V ^a,b   D'Cruz, O'Neill F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Seizures; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MELATONIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ALERTNESS; ANEMIA; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UREMIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 5044233151     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835068     Document Type: Review

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