Epilepsy and Hippocampal Injury

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-4-3

Keywords:

Hippocampal, Mossy Fiber Sprouting, Spontaneous Seizures

Abstract

The relationship between hippocampal cell loss and mossy fiber sprouting (MFS), and the occurrence of spontaneous seizures (epilepsy) following early-life status epilepticus was investigated in laboratory studies at the Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Published

2003-04-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders