Regional thalamic neuropathology in patients with hippocampal sclerosis and epilepsy: A postmortem study

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2125-2133

  Sinjab, Barah ^a   Martinian, Lillian ^a   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^a,b   Thom, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gliosis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mediodorsal nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84890129696     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12403     Document Type: Article

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