Hence the different mode of action of PCBs may not affect seizure pathways modulated by developmental exposure to p,p′-DDE.
To reduce the effects of bias we adjusted for many confounding factors, however we were unable to control for certain factors such as family history of seizures, seizure history without diagnosis, neurological abnormalities, or other factors known to affect seizure threshold such as antibiotic use [ 31– 34] so there may be some residual confounding.
In addition, the preoperative seizure frequency did not affect seizure outcome in either group.
Exclusion criteria were the following: pervasive developmental disorder or intelligence quotient of <70 and medical disorders that may affect brain function (eg, uncontrolled seizures, head trauma, CNS tumor, and infection) or visual performance (eg, blindness).
While our data suggest that elevated levels of CXCL12 following KA-induced seizures do not alter the migration of transplanted cells, increased CXCL12 or other seizure dependent changes may affect the differentiation of transplanted cells.
Besides radiation, many interacting factors may affect memory in NPC patients, including the underlying neuropathology, seizure activity, anticonvulsants, surgery, age, genetics and psychosocial factors (Butler and Zeman, 2008).
Such alterations may affect normal brain development and further promote epileptogenesis, whereas seizure activity during later adolescence may strengthen recurrent excitation and induce excitotoxic cell damage, i.e. MTS [ 29, 41].
These findings indicate that MPDZ does not regulate seizure susceptibility in general and suggest that MPDZ may affect ethanol-withdrawal associated CNS hypethanol-withdrawal associatedfeCNS on glutamate, 5-hyperexcitabilityB recepthroughctits.
It could be argued that age may affect expression of GAP-43, as aged rats lose the ability to upregulate GAP-43 after seizures.
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