Epilepsy Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 127-136 , October 1995

Repeated penicillin-induced amygdala epileptic focus in freely moving cats. EEG, polysomnographic (23-h recording), and brain mapping study

Received 10 June 1994 ,Accepted 6 May 1995.

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