Hippocampal atrophy and abnormal brain development following a prolonged hyperthermic seizure in the immature rat with a focal neocortical lesion

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-182

  Gibbs, Steve A ^a   Scantlebury, Morris H ^a,b   Awad, Patricia ^a   Lema, Pablo ^a   Essouma, Joseph B ^a   Parent, Martin ^c   Descarries, Laurent ^c   Carmant, Lionel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cortical dysplasia; Febrile seizure; Hippocampus; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 51349100658     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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