Epilepsy Research
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , February 2010

Region- and pattern-specific effects of glutamate uptake blockers on epileptiform activity in rat brain slices

  • A. Bertsche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Essen University Hospital, Germany
    • ,
  • C. Bruehl

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • ,
  • J. Pietz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • ,
  • A. Draguhn

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 54 4056; fax: +49 6221 54 6364.

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.10.006

Epilepsy Research
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , February 2010

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