How do seizures stop?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1651-1664

  Lado, Fred A ^a,b   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Connexin; Endocannabinoids; Epilepsy; Estrogen; Gap junction; Neuromodulators; Neuropeptide Y; Postictal; Potassium; Seizure; Seizure termination; Status epilepticus; Substantia nigra pars reticulata

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN REGION; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 58149232589     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01669.x     Document Type: Review

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