Epilepsy Research
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 351-361 , January 1997

Possible mechanisms inducing granule cell dispersion in humans with temporal lobe epilepsy

  • Dominique Lurton

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Neuro-imagerie Expérimentales, 146, rue Léo Saignat, B.P. 78, 33 076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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  • Lars Sundstrom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Southampton, UK
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  • Corinne Brana

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Histologie-Embryologie (EP CNRS 74) Bordeaux, France
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  • Bertrand Bloch

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Histologie-Embryologie (EP CNRS 74) Bordeaux, France
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  • Alain Rougier

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Neuro-imagerie Expérimentales, 146, rue Léo Saignat, B.P. 78, 33 076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
    • Clinique Universitaire de Neurochirurgie, Bordeaux, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 26 January 1996 ,Revised 30 August 1996 ,Accepted 2 September 1996.

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doi: 10.1016/S0920-1211(96)01002-9

Epilepsy Research
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 351-361 , January 1997