Upregulation in astrocytic connexin 43 gap junction levels may exacerbate generalized seizures in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 929, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-116

  Fonseca, Carissa G ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Astrocytosis; Connexin 43; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; SEIZURES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036498359     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03289-9     Document Type: Article

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