Seizure-induced alterations in cerebrovascular function in the neonate

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 293-305

  Zimmermann, Aliz ^a   Domoki, Ferenc ^a,b   Bari, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Epilepsy; Neonatal seizures; Neurovascular coupling; Pial arteriole

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPEREMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEOTIDES; POTASSIUM; PROSTAGLANDINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEIZURES;

EID: 52949083241     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000142735     Document Type: Review

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