Neonatal seizures: Controversies and challenges in translating new therapies from the lab to the isolette

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1857-1865

  Chapman, Kevin E ^a   Raol, Yogendra H ^a   Brooks Kayal, Amy ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Rodent models; Translational research; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUMETANIDE; ETIRACETAM; LIDOCAINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MECHANISM; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84862697487     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08140.x     Document Type: Article

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