Stereologic estimation of hippocampal GluR2/3- and calretinin- immunoreactive hilar neurons (presumptive mossy cells) in two mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1579-1589

  Volz, Florian ^a   Bock, Hans H ^a,b   Gierthmuehlen, Mortimer ^a   Zentner, Josef ^a   Haas, Carola A ^a   Freiman, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Mossy fiber; Mouse hippocampus; p35 Knockout mouse; Unilateral intrahippocampal kainate injection

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALRETININ; KAINIC ACID; PROTEIN P35;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOSSY CELL; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOLES; KAINIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 80052517958     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03086.x     Document Type: Article

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