The postictal state: Effects of age and underlying brain dysfunction

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-120

  Theodore, William H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Children; Elderly; Focal neurologic signs; Lesion; Metabolism; Postictal

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PARALYSIS; POSTICTAL PARALYSIS; POSTICTAL STATE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; PARALYSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 77957349465     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.031     Document Type: Review

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