Epilepsy Research
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 28-34 , September 2010

Polymorphisms in CACNA1E and Camk2d are associated with seizure susceptibility of Sprague–Dawley rats

  • Kim Rijkers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Heeze, The Netherlands
    • These authors contributed equally.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 387 6052; fax: +31 43 367 1096.
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  • Julia Mescheriakova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • These authors contributed equally.
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  • Marian Majoie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands
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  • Evi Lemmens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Heeze, The Netherlands
    • Functional Morphology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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  • Xander van Wijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Marjan Philippens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Vivianne Van Kranen-Mastenbroek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Olaf Schijns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Johannes Vles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Govert Hoogland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Heeze, The Netherlands

Received 4 March 2010 ,Revised 29 April 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.06.006

Epilepsy Research
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 28-34 , September 2010

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