Seizures in early life suppress hippocampal dendrite growth while impairing spatial learning

Impaired learning and memory are common in epilepsy syndromes of childhood. Clinical investigations suggest that the developing brain may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of intractable seizure disorders. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have demonstrated reduced volumes in brain re...

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Main Authors: Masataka Nishimura, Xue Gu, John W. Swann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996111002282