Neuroanatomical clues to altered neuronal activity in epilepsy: From ultrastructure to signaling pathways of dentate granule cells

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 67-77

  Houser, Carolyn R ^a,b,c   Zhang, Nianhui ^a   Peng, Zechun ^a   Huang, Christine S ^a   Cetina, Yliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Fos; Mossy fiber sprouting; Seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HUMAN; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; HUMANS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; SEIZURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861395410     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03477.x     Document Type: Article

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