Granule cell mRNA levels for BDNF, NGF, and NT-3 correlate with neuron losses or supragranular mossy fiber sprouting in the chronically damaged and epileptic human hippocampus

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-76

  Mathern, Gary W ^a   Babb, Thomas L ^b   Micevych, Paul E ^a   Blanco, Cesar E ^a   Pretorius, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn; BDNF; epilepsy; granule cells; Hippocampal sclerosis; neurotrophic factors; NGF; NT 3; seizures; synaptic reorganization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031049569     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815150     Document Type: Article

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