Mechanisms underlying the neuropathological consequences of epileptic activity in the rat hippocampus in vitro

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-528

  Thompson, Scott M ^a   Fortunato, Christian ^a   Mckinney, R Anne ^a   Müller, Michael ^a   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dendritic spines; epilepsy; excitotoxicity; hippocampal sclerosis; N methyl D aspartate receptor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LOSS; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SCLEROSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DENDRITES; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS;

EID: 0029791712     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960902)372:4<515::AID-CNE2>3.3.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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