Neuron loss, granule cell axon reorganization, and functional changes in the dentate gyrus of epileptic kainate-treated rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-404

  Buckmaster, Paul S ^a,b   Dudek, F Edward ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Parvalbumin; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; KAINIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030773376     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970901)385:3<385::aid-cne4>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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