Intrathecal administration of GABA agonists in the vegetative state

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue C, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Taira, Takaomi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

consciousness recovery; GABA; intrathecal baclofen; spasticity; spinal cord stimulation; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; PHENYTOIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BACLOFEN; CHILD; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949109291     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17721-X     Document Type: Review

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