Epilepsy Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 107-114 , October 1995

Fyn tyrosine kinase is required for normal amygdala kindling

  • Donald P. Cain

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada
    • ,
  • Seth G.N. Grant

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Center for Genome Research, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Main Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Deborah Saucier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada
    • ,
  • Eric L. Hargreaves

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada
    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
    • ,
  • Eric R. Kandel

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA

Received 14 September 1994 ,Accepted 3 April 1995.

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