Hippocampal connexin 43 expression in human complex partial seizure disorder

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 154-164

  Elisevich, Kost ^a   Rempel, Sandra A ^a   Smith, Brien J ^a   Edvardsen, Klaus ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031148871     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6467     Document Type: Article

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