The Recurrent Mossy Fiber Pathway of the Epileptic Brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1649-1658

  Nadler, J Victor ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon sprouting; Dentate granule cell; Epilepsy; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Mossy fiber

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; DYNORPHIN; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ZINC;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0142021042     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026004904199     Document Type: Review

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