Preparing undercut model of posttraumatic epileptogenesis in rodents

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Xiong, Wenhui ^a   Ping, Xingjie ^a   Gao, Jianhua ^a   Jin, Xiaoming ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Epilepsy; Issue 55; Mouse; Neuroscience; Rat; Surgery; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053931051     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2840     Document Type: Article

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