Therapeutic brain hypothermia, its mechanisms of action, and its prospects as a treatment for epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 959-970

  Motamedi, Gholam K ^a   Lesser, Ronald P ^b   Vicini, Stefano ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models of epilepsy; Cellular mechanisms; Cooling devices

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PENTETRAZOLE; PILOCARPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AREFLEXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COOLING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERNEURON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84878555290     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12144     Document Type: Review

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