Females, their estrogens, and seizures
Open Access
Abstract
Summary: Estrogens are essential for normal brain functions. The effects of estrogens on seizures are contradictory. More studies are necessary to determine under which conditions the estrogens have proconvulsant effects and when the estrogens may have beneficial action in patients with epilepsy.Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- The role of neurosteroids in the pathophysiology and treatment of catamenial epilepsyEpilepsy Research, 2009
- β-Estradiol Increases Dentate Gyrus Inhibition in Female Rats via Augmentation of Hilar Neuropeptide YJournal of Neuroscience, 2007
- Estrogens and Epilepsy: Why Are We So Excited?The Neuroscientist, 2007
- Estradiol reduces seizure-induced hippocampal injury in ovariectomized female but not in male ratsNeuroscience Letters, 2003
- Ovariectomy aggravates convulsions and hippocampal γ-aminobutyric acid inhibition induced by cyclosporin A in ratsEuropean Journal of Pharmacology, 2001
- Region-specific modulation of limbic seizure susceptibility by ovarian steroidsBrain Research, 1999
- Three Patterns of Catamenial EpilepsyEpilepsia, 1997
- The Effects of Estrogen, Progesterone, and Ionized Calcium on Seizures During the Menstrual Cycle of Epileptic WomenEpilepsia, 1987
- Comparative Effects of Estradiol Benzoate, the Antiestrogen Clomiphene Citrate, and the Progestin Medroxyprogesterone Acetate on Kainic Acid‐Induced Seizures in Male and Female RatsEpilepsia, 1985
- EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN WOMEN RELATED to PLASMA ESTROGEN and PROGESTERONE DURING the MENSTRUAL CYCLEActa Neurologica Scandinavica, 1976