Experimental and clinical findings from physical exercise as complementary therapy for epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-278

  Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a   de Almeida, Antonio Carlos Guimarães ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão ^a   Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complementary therapy for epilepsy; Epilepsy; Physical exercise; Seizure; Translational science

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; PILOCARPINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84875241825     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.07.025     Document Type: Review

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