Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 154-171 , 1 September 1998

Hippocampal AMPA and NMDA mRNA levels and subunit immunoreactivity in human temporal lobe epilepsy patients and a rodent model of chronic mesial limbic epilepsy

  • Gary W Mathern

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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  • Joao P Leite

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil
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  • Harley I Kornblum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • The Brain Research Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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  • Delia Mendoza

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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  • Alana Lozada

      Affiliations

    • The Brain Research Institute, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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  • Edward H Bertram III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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Epilepsy Research
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