Spine loss in experimental epilepsy: Quantitative light and electron microscopic analysis of intracellularly stained CA3 pyramidal cells in hippocampal slice cultures

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-45

  Drakew, A ^a   Muller, M ^b   Gahwiler B H ^b   Thompson, S M ^b   Frotscher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Dendritic spine; Epileptic activity; Neuronal degeneration; Picrotoxin; Synaptic structure

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029655286     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00379-W     Document Type: Article

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