The effects of fimbria/fornix transections on perforant path kindling and mossy fiber sprouting

Brain Research

Volumn 778, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 186-193

  Mohapel, Paul ^a,c   Armitage, Lisa L ^a   Hannesson, Darren K ^a   Corcoran, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fimbria fomix; Hippocampus; Perforant path; Seizure; Synaptic reorganization; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CELL DAMAGE; CLONIC SEIZURE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; OPTICS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS;

EID: 0031555322     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01079-2     Document Type: Article

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