The paradox of the paroxysm: Can seizure precipitants help explain human ictogenesis?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-540

  Huberfeld, Gilles ^a   Le Duigou, Caroline ^a   Le Van Quyen, Michel ^a   Navarro, Vincent ^a   Baulac, Michel ^a   Miles, Richard ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

epilepsy precipitants; GABA; ictogenesis; neurosteroid; stress; temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROSTEROID; SEX HORMONE;

ANXIETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EPILEPSY PRECIPITANTS; GABA; ICTOGENESIS; NEUROSTEROID; STRESS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARASOMNIAS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84883702386     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413497430     Document Type: Review

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