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Experimental neonatal status epilepticus and the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2010
Dunleavy Mark, Shinoda Sachiko, Schindler Clara, Ewart Claire, Dolan Ross, Gobbo Oliviero L, Kerskens Christian M, Henshall David C
Abstract excerpt
Hippocampal sclerosis is a common pathological finding in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, including children, but a causal relationship to early-life seizures remains in question. Neonatal status epilepticus in animals can result in neuronal death within the hippocampus, although macroscopic features of hippocampal shrinkage are not evident at adulthood. Here, we examined electrophysiological and...
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