A stereological study of Synapse number in the epileptic human hippocampus

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Alonso Nanclares, Lidia ^a,b,c   Kastanauskaite, Asta ^a,b,c   Rodriguez, Jose Rodrigo ^a,b,c   Gonzalez Soriano, Juncal ^d   Defelipe, Javier ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gliosis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Synapses; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PERIKARYON; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; SUBICULUM; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 84862296358     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00008     Document Type: Article

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