Behavioral Characterization of Seizures in Rats

Models of Seizures and Epilepsy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 601-611

  Velíšková, Jana ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088554-1/50050-5     Document Type: Chapter

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