Thalamic neuropathology in the chronic pilocarpine and picrotoxin model of epilepsy

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-53

  Hamani, Clement ^a   Mello, Luiz E A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Pilocarpine; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PICROTOXIN; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036449250     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-9288(02)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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