Magnesium valproate in learning disabled children with interictal paroxysmal EEG patterns: Preliminary report

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-104

  Porras Kattz, Eneida ^a   Harmony, Thalía ^a   Ricardo Garcell, Josefina ^a   Galán, Lídice ^b   Fernández, Thalía ^a   Prado Alcalá, Roberto ^a   Avecilla Ramírez, Gloria ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Liliana ^a   Barrera Reséndiz, Jesús ^a   Corsi Cabrera, María ^c   Valencia Solís, Elizabeth ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE NEUROCIENCIAS DE CUBA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Hospital de Especialidades del Niño y la Mujer de Querétaro   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; EEG; Learning disorders; QEEG

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALPROATE MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISABLED PERSON; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 79952073646     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.01.065     Document Type: Article

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