Kindling, Spontaneous Seizures, and the Consequences of Epilepsy: More Than a Model

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 395-406

  Sutula, Thomas P ^a   Ockuly, Jeffrey ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50034-7     Document Type: Chapter

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