Evidence of enhanced kindling and hippocampal neuronal injury in immature rats with neuronal migration disorders

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1253-1260

  Germano, I M ^a   Sperber, E F ^a   Ahuja, S ^a   Moshe, S L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage; Development; Epilepsy; Methylazoxymethanol acetate; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032440351     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01322.x     Document Type: Article

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