Animal models in epilepsy research: Legacies and new directions

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 339-343

  Grone, Brian P ^a   Baraban, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT MODEL; SEIZURE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HISTORY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84923700753     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3934     Document Type: Review

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