The renin-angiotensin system is upregulated in the cortex and hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy related to mesial temporal sclerosis.

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Published in Epilepsia on March 21, 2008

Authors

Gustavo Adolfo Argañaraz1, Ana Carla Konno, Sandra Regina Perosa, Joselita Ferreira Carvalho Santiago, Mirian A Boim, Daniela Berguio Vidotti, Pedro Paulo Vasconcelos Varella, Luciana Gilbert Costa, Mauro Canzian, Marimélia Aparecida Porcionatto, Elza Márcia Yacubian, Américo Ceiki Sakamoto, Henrique Carrete, Ricardo Silva Centeno, Débora Amado, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, José Antonio Silva Junior, Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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