Effect of penicillin induced epilepsy seizure on granulare cell layer of dentate gyrus in rat: A stereological study

Neuroscience Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-109

  Adiguzel, Esat ^a,b   Akdogan, Ilgaz ^a   Duzcan, S Ender ^a   Tufan, A Cevik ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Epileptic seizure; Penicillin; Rat brain; Stereology, optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0036754297     PISSN: 08936609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nrc.10043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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