The expression of astroglial glutamate transporters in patients with focal cortical dysplasia: An immunohistochemical study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 845-853

  Ulu, Mustafa Onur ^a   Tanriverdi, Taner ^b   Oz, Buge ^a   Biceroglu, Hüseyin ^a   Isler, Cihan ^a   Eraslan, Berna Senel ^c   Ozkara, Cigdem ^a   Ozyurt, Emin ^a   Uzan, Mustafa ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

EAAT 1; EAAT 2; Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Glutamate transporter; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953027088     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0548-2     Document Type: Article

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