Cognitive Effects of Carbamazepine and Lamotrigine

Abstract

The cognitive and behavioral effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) and lamotrigine (LTG) were assessed and compared in 25 healthy adult volunteers, using a double-blind, randomized crossover design with two 10-week treatment periods, at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, and New York University, New York.

Keywords

• carbamazepine
• neurotoxic symptoms
• graphomotor coding