Model of cryptogenic infantile spasms after prenatal corticosteroid priming

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 145-149

  Velíšek, Libor ^a   Chachua, Tamar ^a   Yum, Mi Sun ^a   Poon, Ka Lai ^a   Velíšková, Jana ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

14c 2 deoxyglucose; ACTH; c fos; Development; NMDA; Rat

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN C FOS; PYRIDOXINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS PRESENTATION; CRYPTOGENIC INFANTILE SPASM; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANTILE SPASM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 77954465335     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02630.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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