Endopiriform nucleus connectivities: The implications for epileptogenesis and epilepsy

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Majak, K ^a   Morys J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Seizure; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; EFFERENT NERVE; ENDOPYRIFORM NUCLEUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PYRIFORM CORTEX; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SMELL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 37349023170     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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