Alterations of the microvascular network in sclerotic hippocampi from patients with epilepsy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 939-950

  Kastanauskaite, Asta ^a   Alonso Nanclares, Lidia ^a   Blazquez Llorca, Lidia ^a   Pastor, Jesus ^b   Sola, Rafael G ^b   Defelipe, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood vessels; Electron microscopy; Gliosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449097012     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181b08622     Document Type: Article

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