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Glutamic acid decarboxylase immunoreactivity in the mossy fiber terminals of the hippocampus of genetic absence epileptic rats.
Turkish neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2011
Sirvanci Serap, Canillioglu Yasemin, Akakin Dilek, Midillioglu Sukru, Yildiz Sercan Dogukan, Onat Filiz, San Tangul
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AIM: Genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) provide a model of absence epilepsy. Although excessive GABA mediation within the thalamo-cortico-thalamic circuit has been shown to play a role in absence epilepsy, neuronal networks of hippocampus have recently received attention. Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) was previously shown to be increased after convulsive seizures in the...
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