Possible roles of nonsynaptic mechanisms in synchronization of epileptic seizures: Potential antiepileptic targets?

Epilepsy: Mechanisms, Models, and Translational Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-228

  Edward Dudek, F ^a   Shao, Li Rong ^a   Rash, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420085594     Document Type: Chapter

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