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ArticleAnnals of neurology2017

Phenobarbital and midazolam increase neonatal seizure-associated neuronal injury.

Daniel Torolira, Lucie Suchomelova, Claude G Wasterlain, Jerome Niquet

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Article in Annals of neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Treatment considerations for the management of neonatal onset seizures.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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  15. Questions and Controversies in Neonatal Seizures.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel ToroliraEpilepsy Research Laboratory (151), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Lucie SuchomelovaEpilepsy Research Laboratory (151), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Claude G WasterlainEpilepsy Research Laboratory (151), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Jerome NiquetEpilepsy Research Laboratory (151), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · US

Funding

Rational polytherapy in the treatment of cholinergic seizuresU01NS074926 · NINDS · BRENTWOOD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI WASTERLAIN, CLAUDE G · 2011 to 2015
$3.3M
Treatment of Status Epilepticus: A Translational ProposalI01BX000273 · VA · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI WASTERLAIN, CLAUDE G · 2009 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX000273NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS074926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Status epilepticus is common in neonates and infants, and is associated with neuronal injury and adverse developmental outcomes. γ-Aminobutyric acidergic (GABAergic) drugs, the standard treatment for neonatal seizures, can have excitatory effects in the neonatal brain, which may worsen the seizures and their effects. Using a recently developed model of status epilepticus in postnatal day 7 rat pups that results in widespread neuronal injury, we found that the GABA

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AnimalsApoptosisBrainCell CountFemaleMaleMidazolamNeuronsPhenobarbitalRatsStatus EpilepticusMidazolamPhenobarbital

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PMID28556259
PMCPMC5546097
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