The aspects and mechanisms of cognitive alterations in epilepsy: The role of antiepileptic medications

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-156

  Hamed, Sherifa A ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cognition; Epilepsy; Mechanisms; Neurotrasmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; PLACEBO; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTION TEST; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIXED SEIZURE; MOOD CHANGE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 65549132450     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2008.00062.x     Document Type: Review

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