Epilepsy Research
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 133-151 , April 1998

Anoxia during kainate status epilepticus shortens behavioral convulsions but generates hippocampal neuron loss and supragranular mossy fiber sprouting

  • Gary W Mathern

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Reed Neurological Research Center, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
    • The Brain Research Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • The Mental Retardation Research Center, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 310 2068777; fax: +1 310 2068461; e-mail: gmathern@ucla.edu
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  • Greg Price

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Carlos Rosales

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • The Brain Research Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • James K Pretorius

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Alana Lozada

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Delia Mendoza

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 9 January 1997 ,Revised 13 November 1997 ,Accepted 4 December 1997.

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