Initiation of spontaneous epileptiform activity in the neocortical slice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 978-982

  Tsau, Yang ^a   Guan, Li ^a   Wu, Jian Young ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; IMAGING; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 0031838179     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.2.978     Document Type: Article

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