Barbiturate AEDS, EEG and Cognitive Performance

Abstract

Neuropsychological performance and quantitative EEGs were studied in 11 epileptic children, aged 7 to 14 years, both during treatment and without phenobarbital and mephobarbital, and in comparison to 13 matched controls, at Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA.

Keywords

• barbiturate
• phenobarbital
• cognitive impairment