The effects of seizures on the hippocampus of the immature brain

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2001, Pages 119-139

  Sperber, Ellen F ^a,c   Moshe, Solomon L ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035204778     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(01)45008-2     Document Type: Article

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