The Pilocarpine Model of Seizures

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 433-448

  Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a   Naffah Mazzacoratti, Maria G ^a   Mello, Luiz E ^a   Leite, João P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50037-2     Document Type: Chapter

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