Synaptophysin immunohistochemistry densitometry measurement in resected human hippocampus: Implication for the etiology of hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-344

  Davies, Keith G ^a,b,c   Schweitzer, John B ^c   Looney, Mark R ^c   Bush, Andrew J ^c   Dohan Jr , F Curtis ^c   Hermann, Bruce P ^d  

^a BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Immunohistochemistry; Optical density; Synaptophysin; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DENSITOMETRY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0031741616     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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