Epilepsy Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 205-219 , July 1995

Experimentally induced disorders of neuronal migration produce an increased propensity for electrographic seizures in rats

  • Steven N. Roper

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Florida, College of Medicine, P.O. Box 100265, Gainesville, FL 32610-0265, USA
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  • Robin L. Gilmore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, P.O. Box 100265, Gainesuille, FL 32610-0265, USA
    • ,
  • Carolyn R. Houser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 21 January 1995 ,Revised 25 March 1995 ,Accepted 27 March 1995.

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