Epilepsy Research
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 255-265 , December 1996

Chronic epilepsy with damage restricted to the hippocampus: possible mechanisms

  • Claude G. Wasterlain

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Epilepsy Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center (127), Sepulveda, CA 91343-2099, USA
    • Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • ,
  • Yukiyoshi Shirasaka

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center (127), Sepulveda, CA 91343-2099, USA
    • Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • ,
  • Andrey M. Mazarati

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center (127), Sepulveda, CA 91343-2099, USA
    • Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • ,
  • Igor Spigelman

      Affiliations

    • Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
    • UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Received 29 November 1995 ,Accepted 6 May 1996.

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 255-265 , December 1996

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