NADPH diaphorase reactive neurons in temporal lobe cortex of patients with intractable epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 228-231

  D'Alessio, Luciana ^a   López Costa, Juan José ^a   Konopka, Héctor ^a   Consalvo, Damián ^a   Seoane, Eduardo ^a   López, María Esther ^a   Guelman, María Laura ^a   Kochen, Silvia ^a   Zieher, Luis María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Temporal cortex; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 34247569048     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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