Epilepsy Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 123-127 , March 1996

Lack of hippocampal involvement in a rat model of petit mal epilepsy

  • Adam Kandel
    • ,
  • Anatol Bragin
    • ,
  • Daniel Carpi
    • ,
  • György Buzsáki

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 197 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. Tel: (201) 648-1080 x3131; fax: (201) 638-1588

,Accepted 30 October 1995.

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 123-127 , March 1996

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