Microanatomy of the dysplastic neocortex from epileptic patients

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-173

  Alonso Nanclares, L ^a   Garbelli, R ^c   Sola, R G ^b   Pastor, J ^b   Tassi, L ^d   Spreafico, R ^c   DeFelipe, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basket cells; Cortical circuits; Electron microscopy; GABAergic system; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 11244339702     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh331     Document Type: Article

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