A stereological study of synapse number in the epileptic human hippocampus

• Main Authors: Lidia eAlonso-Nanclares (Author), Asta eKastanauskaite (Author), José-Rodrigo eRodriguez (Author), Juncal eGonzalez-Soriano (Author), Javier eDeFelipe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hippocampal sclerosis is the most frequent pathology encountered in resected mesial temporal structures from patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Here, we have used stereological methods to compare the overall density of synapses and neurons between non-sclerotic and sclerotic hip...