Microtubule-associated protein 2 phosphorylation is decreased in the human epileptic temporal lobe cortex
Sánchez C, Arellano J, Rodríguez-Sánchez P, Avila J, DeFelipe J, Díez-Guerra F. Microtubule-associated protein 2 phosphorylation is decreased in the human epileptic temporal lobe cortex. Neuroscience 2001, 107: 25-33. PMID: 11744243, DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00338-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpileptic patientsMAP2 phosphorylationEpileptiform activityKynurenic acidTemporal lobe epileptic patientsNeuronal cytoskeletonSeizure-like activityTemporal lobe cortexNeuronal cell deathRat hippocampal neuronsProtein 2 phosphorylationNeuronal damageSeizure activityGlutamate receptorsHippocampal neuronsNeuronal activityBiopsy samplesSynaptic plasticityPatientsElectrocorticogram activityNeuronal processesExperimental modelAbnormal patternsImmunocytochemical analysisPhosphorylated epitopesNeuropathological Findings in a Patient with Epilepsy and the Parry–Romberg Syndrome
DeFelipe J, Segura T, Arellano J, Merchán A, DeFelipe‐Oroquieta J, Martín P, Maestú F, Cajal S, Sánchez A, Sola R. Neuropathological Findings in a Patient with Epilepsy and the Parry–Romberg Syndrome. Epilepsia 2001, 42: 1198-1203. PMID: 11580770, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.45800.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParry-Romberg syndromeSeizure activityDentate gyrusIntractable temporal lobe epilepsyComplete seizure reliefPolymorph cell layerTemporal lobe epilepsyCause of epilepsyDentate gyrus circuitryNumber of synapsesStandard histopathologic methodsGamma-aminobutyric acidInhibitory basket cellsCell-sparse regionNeuropathologic findingsNeuropathological findingsSeizure reliefAxosomatic synapsesLobe epilepsySurgical interventionElectron microscopic levelMesial structuresEctopic massBasket cellsEntorhinal cortex