Depression in women with epilepsy: Clinical and neurobiological aspects

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio ^a,b   Cavanna, Stefano ^c   Bertero, Luca ^c   Robertson, Mary May ^d,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Depression; Epilepsy; Sex hormones; SSRIs; Women

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CITALOPRAM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOCLOBEMIDE; PAROXETINE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; VENLAFAXINE;

BRAIN PROTECTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952165170     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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