The prevention of behavioral consequences of idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Evidence from rodent models

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 497, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-184

  van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Affective disturbances; Antiepileptogenesis; Cause effect; Comorbidity; Genetic models; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RATS;

EID: 79957819551     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.034     Document Type: Review

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