Altered hippocampal kainate-receptor mRNA levels in temporal lobe epilepsy patients

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-176

  Mathern, Gary W ^a   Pretorius, James K ^a   Kornblum, Harley I ^a,b   Mendoza, Delia ^a   Lozada, Alana ^a   Leite, Joao P ^c   Chimelli, Leila ^c   Born, Donald E ^d   Fried, Itzhak ^a   Sakamoto, Americo C ^c   Assirati, Joao A ^c   Peacock, Warwick J ^a   Ojemann, George A ^d   Adelson, P David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Excitatory amino acid receptors; Glutamate neurotransmission; Synaptic reorganization

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031744221     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1998.0200     Document Type: Article

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