Focal neocortical epilepsy affects hippocampal volume, shape, and structural integrity: A longitudinal MRI and immunohistochemistry study in a rat model

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1264-1273

  Otte, Willem M ^a,b   Bielefeld, Pascal ^b   Dijkhuizen, Rick M ^b   Braun, Kees P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Focal neocortical epilepsy; Hippocampus; Morphometry analysis; MRI; Rat brain; Tetanus toxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOCAL NEOCORTICAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TETANUS TOXIN; TIME FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84863722891     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03531.x     Document Type: Article

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