Neuronal hypertrophy in the neocortex of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 4789-4800

  Bothwell, Sarah ^a,d   Meredith, Gloria E ^a,b   Phillips, Jack ^d   Staunton, Hugh ^d   Doherty, Colin ^c   Grigorenko, Elena ^e   Glazier, Steven ^e   Deadwyler, Sam A ^e   O'Donovan, Cormac A ^e   Farrell, Michael ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brodmann's area 38; Cortical atrophy; Ectopia; Hippocampal sclerosis; Neuronal hypertrophy; Stereology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0035399672     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-13-04789.2001     Document Type: Article

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