Architectural (type IA) focal cortical dysplasia and parvalbumin immunostaining in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1074-1078

  Garbelli, Rita ^a   Meroni, Alessandra ^a   Magnaghi, Giuseppina ^a   Beolchi, Maria Sana ^a   Ferrario, Arianna ^a   Tassi, Laura ^b   Bramerio, Manuela ^b   Spreafico, Roberto ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Parvalbumin; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARVALBUMINS; PHENOTHIAZINES; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33744501006     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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