Mossy fibers are the primary source of afferent input to ectopic granule cells that are born after pilocarpine-induced seizures

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-331

  Pierce, Joseph P ^a   Melton, Jay ^a   Punsoni, Michael ^a   McCloskey, Daniel P ^b   Scharfman, Helen E ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Axon terminal; Dentate gyrus; Epilepsy; Granule cell; Hilus; Hippocampus; Mossy fiber; Pilocarpine; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALBINDIN; PILOCARPINE; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 27744516874     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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