Differential vulnerability of interneurons in the epileptic hippocampus

The loss of hippocampal interneurons has been considered one reason for the onset of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) by shifting the excitation-inhibition balance. Yet, there are many different interneuron types which show differential vulnerability in the context of an epileptogenic insult. We used th...

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Main Authors: Markus eMarx, Carola A Haas, Ute eHäussler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00167/full