Hippocampal neuropathology of domoic acid-induced epilepsy in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1691-1706

  Buckmaster, Paul S ^a   Wen, Xiling ^a   Toyoda, Izumi ^a   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   Van Bonn, William ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c John G Shedd Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mossy fiber sprouting; Somatostatin; Stereology

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; DOMOIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MARINE TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS; AGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SCLEROSIS; SEA LIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOSTATIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896294772     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23509     Document Type: Article

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