Effect of penicillin-induced epilepsy seizure on the volume of hippocampus stratum pyramidalis in rat

Neuroscience Research Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-217

  Unal, Nedim ^a   Akdogan, Ilgaz ^b   Adiguzel, Esat ^b   Ozdemir, Bülent ^c   Tufan, A Cevik ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavalieri method; Epilepsy, Rat; Hippocampus; Penicillin; Volume

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SLICE; CAVALIERI METHOD; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DECAPITATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMETRY;

EID: 0347635414     PISSN: 08936609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nrc.10097     Document Type: Article

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