An Overview of In Vitro Seizure Models in Acute and Organotypic Slices

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 35-44

  Heinemann, Uwe ^a   Kann, Oliver ^a   Schuchmann, Sebastian ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33845597827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50006-2     Document Type: Chapter

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