Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) kindling model of epilepsy

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL.58, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Dhir, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical kindling; Epilepsy; Mice; Pentylenetetrazol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868131332     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0937s58     Document Type: Article

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