Ultrastructural localization of dynorphin in the dentate gyrus in human temporal lobe epilepsy: A study of reorganized mossy fiber synapses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 472-490

  Zhang, Nianhui ^a   Houser, Carolyn R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal sprouting; Dense core vesicles; Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Perforated synapses; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033594229     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990322)405:4<472::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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