Epilepsy and synaptic reorganization in a perinatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1210-1218

  Williams, Philip A ^a   Dou, Ping ^a   Dudek, F Edward ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Mossy fiber sprouting; Seven day hypoxia ischemia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STAINING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLORING AGENTS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 5344239006     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.60403.x     Document Type: Article

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