Neurological and psychiatric sequelae of developmental exposure to antiepileptic drugs

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gedzelman, Evan R ^a   Meador, Kimford J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic; Fetal; Neurodevelopmental; Neuronal plasticity; Neurotransmitter; Teratogenicity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; DIAZEPAM; ESTRADIOL; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; PLACEBO; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; STIRIPENTOL; TOPIRAMATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIMETHADIONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; VINPOCETINE;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EPILEPSY; FETOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TERATOGENICITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84874571810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00182     Document Type: Review

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