Molecular neuropathology of human mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 205-223

  Blümcke, Ingmar ^a   Beck, Heinz ^a   Lie, Ailing A ^a   Wiestler, Otmar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn sclerosis; Calcineurin; Calretinin; Electr ophysiology; Hippocampus; Neurotransmitter; Tenascin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0344172752     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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