Publication Date:
1981-08-21
Description:
Hippocampi of seizure-sensitive and seizure-resistant Mongolian gerbils were examined in search of structural correlates of seizure behavior. In animals with well-established seizure histories, differences were found in both presynaptic and postsynaptic structures. Seizing animals had less dense dendritic spines, a greater proportion of mossy tuft area devoted to presynaptic vesicles, and a smaller proportion devoted to spines. The possible relationship of these findings to epilepsy is discussed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Paul, L A -- Fried, I -- Watanabe, K -- Forsythe, A B -- Scheibel, A B -- 5-507-RR05756-06/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Aug 21;213(4510):924-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7256289" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Disease Models, Animal
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Gerbillinae/*anatomy & histology/physiology
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Hippocampus/*anatomy & histology/ultrastructure
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Microscopy, Electron
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Seizures/pathology/*physiopathology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
