Excitatory Amino Acids and Epilepsy
Schwarcz, Robert; Ben-Ari, Yehezkel
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Paperback. Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Num Pages: 735 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Human epilepsy is a major public health problem affecting approximately 2 persons per 1000. It is particularly frequent in ohildren where convul sions may lead to brain damage and subsequent seizure activity in adulthood. Temporal lobe epilepsy (synonyms include limbic epilepsy. psychomotor epilepsy and complex partial epilepsy) is the most devastating form of epilepsy in the adult population since: a) it is often extremely resistant to currently available anticonvulsant drugs (i.e •• it is more resistant than tonico-clonic or grand mal seizures) and b) it includes loss of consciousness. thereby limiting performance of many normal functions and leaving the individual ... Read more
Human epilepsy is a major public health problem affecting approximately 2 persons per 1000. It is particularly frequent in ohildren where convul sions may lead to brain damage and subsequent seizure activity in adulthood. Temporal lobe epilepsy (synonyms include limbic epilepsy. psychomotor epilepsy and complex partial epilepsy) is the most devastating form of epilepsy in the adult population since: a) it is often extremely resistant to currently available anticonvulsant drugs (i.e •• it is more resistant than tonico-clonic or grand mal seizures) and b) it includes loss of consciousness. thereby limiting performance of many normal functions and leaving the individual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
735
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Number of Pages
735
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468479737
SKU
V9781468479737
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