The mode of death of epilepsy-induced "dark" neurons is neither necrosis nor apoptosis: An electron-microscopic study

Brain Research

Volumn 1239, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-215

  Gallyas, Ferenc ^a   Kiglics, Viola ^b   Baracskay, Péter ^b   Juhász, Gábor ^b   Czurkó, András ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Brain cortex; Electron microscopy; Rat; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NECROSIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RIBOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 54049142822     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.069     Document Type: Article

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