Introducing songbirds as a model system for epilepsy research

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Margoliash, Daniel ^a,b   Van Drongelen, Wim ^b   Kohrman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian forebrain; Birdsong; EEG; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Seizure model; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SONGBIRD;

EID: 84984562953     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181fe06f6     Document Type: Review

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