AGING | Effects of Aging on Seizures and Epilepsy

Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-40

  Velisek L ^a   Stafstrom, C E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Epilepsy; Fisher 344 rat; Life expectancy; Population; Seizure; Senescent mouse; Stroke; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956615966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373961-2.00359-3     Document Type: Chapter

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