Epilepsy after early-life seizures can be independent of hippocampal injury

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-511

  Raol, Yogendra Sinh H ^a   Budreck, Elaine C ^a   Brooks Kayal, Amy R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; STAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0037380708     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10490     Document Type: Article

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