HORMONES AND GENDER | Hormones and Absence Epilepsy

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 488-495

  van Luijtelaar, G ^a   Budziszewska, B ^b   Tolmacheva, E A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Polska Akademia Nauk Oddzial w Krakowie   (Poland)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Corticosteroids; Neurosteroids; Ovarian cycle; Ovariectomy; Peptide hormones; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Steroid hormones; Stress; WAG Rij

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893283455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00198-3     Document Type: Chapter

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