Ultrastructure of astrocytes in the cortex of the hippocampal gyrus and in the neocortex of the temporal lobe in experimental valproate encephalopathy and after valproate withdrawal

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-126

  Sobaniec Lotowska, Maria E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Hippocampal cortex; Neocortex of the temporal lobe; Rats; Ultrastructure; Valproate encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MACROGLIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0141727828     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2003.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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