Hippocampal Slices: Designing and Interpreting Studies in Epilepsy Research

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-72

  Bernard, Christophe ^a  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50008-6     Document Type: Chapter

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