Epilepsy Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 137-144 , October 1995

Evidence for decreased calcium dependent potassium conductance in hippocampal CA3 neurons of genetically epilepsy-prone rats

  • Suneeta Verma-Ahuja

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, USA
    • ,
  • M. Steven Evans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, USA
    • ,
  • Terrence Lyle Pencek

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, P.O. Box 19230, 800 N. Rutledge, Springfield, IL 62794-1312, USA.
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794, USA

Received 9 January 1995 ,Revised 26 June 1995 ,Accepted 26 June 1995.

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