Hippocampal neuron damage in human epilepsy: Meyer's hypothesis revisited

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2002, Pages 237-251

  Mathern, Gary W ^a,e   Adelson, P David ^b   Cahan, Leslie D ^c   Leite, Joao P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE SPROUTING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0036456829     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)35023-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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