The Use of Brain Slice Cultures for the Study of Epilepsy

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 45-58

  Thompson, Scott M ^a   Cai, Xiang ^a   Dinocourt, Céline ^a   Nestor, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50007-4     Document Type: Chapter

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