Behavioral and Cognitive Testing Procedures in Animal Models of Epilepsy

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 613-628

  Stafstrom, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50051-7     Document Type: Chapter

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