The long-term effects of febrile seizures on the hippocampal neuronal plasticity - Clinical and experimental evidence

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-387

  Huang, Chao Ching ^a   Chang, Ying Chao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Hippocampus; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuroplasticity; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL LOSS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TIME;

EID: 64449084657     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.11.008     Document Type: Review

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