Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Fatal post-ictal respiratory and arousal mechanisms

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 315-323

  Sowers, Levi P ^a,b   Massey, Cory A ^a,b   Gehlbach, Brian K ^a,b   Granner, Mark A ^a,b   Richerson, George B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Peri ictal; Respiratory; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

MONOAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; PROTIRELIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APNEA; AROUSAL; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMORECEPTOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONOAMINE RELEASE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE;

DEATH; PERI-ICTAL; RESPIRATORY; SUDEP;

ANOXIA; AROUSAL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84886285566     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.010     Document Type: Review

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