Morphologic integration of hilar ectopic granule cells into dentate gyrus circuitry in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2175-2192

  Cameron, Michael C ^a   Zhan, Ren Zhi ^a,b   Nadler, J Victor ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aberrant migration; Basal dendrite; Hippocampus; Mossy fiber; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRANULE CELL; HILAR ECTOPIC GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPUS SLICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE SLICE; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 79959385442     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22623     Document Type: Article

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