Febrile seizures and temporal lobe epileptogenesis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Scantlebury, Morris H ^a   Heida, James G ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical febrile seizures; Focal cortical dysplasia; Immature rat; Inflammatory cytokines; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Mesial temporal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BRAIN DAMAGE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UPREGULATION;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77950521028     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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