Adrenocorticotropic hormone immunoreactivity in the hippocampal formation of temporal lobe epilepsy patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1081-1087

  Lynd Balta, Eileen ^a   Pilcher, Webster H ^a   Joseph, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Hippocampal formation; Immunocytochemistry; Subiculum; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0029843238     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01028.x     Document Type: Article

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