The 2008 Judith Hoyer Lecture: Epilepsy in children: Listening to mothers

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Holmes, Gregory L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Antiepileptic drugs; Cognition; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neurons; Seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPOLARIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NEURONS;

EID: 70349823233     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.07.029     Document Type: Article

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