Morphometric Golgi study of cortical locations in WAG/Rij rats: The cortical focus theory

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Karpova, Anna V ^a   Bikbaev, Arthur F ^a   Coenen, Anton M L ^b   Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^b  

^a Birsk Branch of Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education Bashkir State University   (Russian Federation)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; ACI; Dendrites; Golgi technique; Morphometry; Motor cortex; Pyramidal neuron cell; Rats; Somatosensory cortex; Superficial cortical layers; WAG Rij

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GOLGI COMPLEX; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; THEORY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; SILVER STAINING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 12844279912     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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