Epilepsy Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 115-126 , October 1995

Selective suppression of in vitro electrographic seizures by low-dose tetrodotoxin: A novel anticonvulsant effect

  • Michelle A. Burack

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    • Current address: Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, MR4 Building Box 5148, Charlottesville, VA 22910, USA.
    • ,
  • Steven F. Stasheff

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    • Current address: Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
    • ,
  • Wilkie A. Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Room 24, Building 16, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
    • Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA

Received 16 August 1993 ,Accepted 10 April 1995.

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Epilepsy Research
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