Amygdala damage in experimental and human temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 233-253

  Pitkänen, Asla ^a   Tuunanen, Jarkko ^a   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^b   Partanen, Kaarina ^b   Salmenperä, Tuuli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathology; Primate; Rat; Seizure; T2 relaxometry; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEURONS; RATS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032167439     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00055-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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