Neuronal migration disorders increase susceptibility to hyperthermia- induced seizures in developing rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 902-910

  Germano, Isabelle M ^a,b   Zhang, Yang F ^a   Sperber, Ellen F ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Hippocampal cell loss; Hyperthermia; Mortality; Neuronal migration disorders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIA; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029809486     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00044.x     Document Type: Article

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