Brief seizures cause dendritic injury

Seizures may directly cause brain injury by disrupting the structure and function of synapses. Previous studies using in vivo time-lapse imaging have demonstrated an acute beading of dendrites and loss of dendritic spines immediately following status epilepticus, but the effects of brief seizures an...

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Main Authors: Dongjun Guo, Sarah Arnspiger, Nicholas R. Rensing, Michael Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996111002865