Messy fiber reorganization in the epileptic hippocampus

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-109

  Parent, Jack M ^a   Lowenstein, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MOSSY FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; DENTATE GYRUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 0030609963     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199704000-00006     Document Type: Article

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