Carbamazepine, Auditory ERPs, and BCECT

Abstract

The effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) on cognitive function were evaluated by using measurements of auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) and P300 latencies in 23 patients, aged 7 to 16 years, with benign childhood epilepsy and centrotemporal spikes (BCECT), at the Department of Pediatrics, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.

Keywords

• carbamazepine
• auditory event-related potentials
• benign childhood epilepsy and centrotemporal spikes