Does acquired epileptogenesis in the immature brain require neuronal death?

Epilepsy Currents

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-35

  Baram, Tallie Z ^a   Jensen, Frances E ^b   Brooks Kayal, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 79960806796     PISSN: 15357597     EISSN: 15357511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-11.1.21     Document Type: Review

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