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ReviewNeuropathology and applied neurobiology2014

Review: Hippocampal sclerosis in epilepsy: a neuropathology review.

Maria Thom

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Review in Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 256 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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256citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
16.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

256 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 552 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria ThomDepartments of Neuropathology and Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
University College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J01270X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is a common pathology encountered in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) as well as other epilepsy syndromes and in both surgical and post-mortem practice. The 2013 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification segregates HS into typical (type 1) and atypical (type 2 and 3) groups, based on the histological patterns of subfield neuronal loss and gliosis. In addition, granule cell reorganization and alterations of interneuronal populations, neuropeptide fibre networks and mossy fibre sprouting are distinctive features of HS associated with epilepsies; they can be useful diagnostic aids to discriminate from other causes of HS, as well as highlighting potential mechanisms of hippocampal epileptogenesis. The cause of HS remains elusive and may be multifactorial; the contribution of febrile seizures, genetic susceptibility, inflammatory and neurodevelopmental factors are discussed. Post-mortem based research in HS, as an addition to studies on surgical samples, has the added advantage of enabling the study of the wider network changes associated with HS, the long-term effects of epilepsy on the pathology and associated comorbidities. It is likely that HS is heterogeneous in aspects of its cause, epileptogenetic mechanisms, network alterations and response to medical and surgical treatments. Future neuropathological studies will contribute to better recognition and understanding of these clinical and patho-aetiological subtypes of HS.

Indexed as

BrainEpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeHippocampusHumansSclerosishippocampal sclerosisneuropathologytemporal lobe epilepsy

Identifiers

PMID24762203
PMCPMC4265206
OpenAlexW1550524407

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