Cognitive and neurodevelopmental effects of antiepileptic drugs

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Bromley, Rebecca L ^a   Leeman, Beth A ^b   Baker, Gus A ^c   Meador, Kimford J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cognitive dysfunction; Epilepsy; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; MEMANTINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; VINPOCETINE;

AMNESIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH THERAPY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TERATOGENICITY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 80052469868     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.04.009     Document Type: Review

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