Altered synaptic circuitry in the human temporal neocortex removed from epileptic patients

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Marco, Pilar ^a   DeFelipe, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Quantification; Sprouting; Synapse; Synaptic density

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPSES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030948266     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005608     Document Type: Article

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