Can seizure-alert dogs predict seizures?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-242

  Brown, Stephen W ^a   Goldstein, Laura H ^b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Epilepsy; Seizure alert dogs

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DOG; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PET ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SEIZURE ALERT DOG; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAINING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; OBJECT RELATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84858715599     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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