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From: Blockade of NMDA receptor subtype NR2B prevents seizures but not apoptosis of dentate gyrus neurons in bacterial meningitis in infant rats

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Hippocampal histopathology of infant rats with pneumococcal meningitis 24 hours after infection. Section of the dentate gyrus at ×100 magnification. Arrowheads point to apoptotic neurons in the granule cell layer; bar, 100 μm. Insert depicts apoptotic cells at ×450 magnification with characteristic condensed and fragmented nuclei; bar, 25 μm. (Nissl stain)

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