Mechanisms and experimental models of seizure generation

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-127

  Jefferys, John G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031945185     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199804000-00008     Document Type: Review

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