Epilepsy Research
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 281-293 , December 1996

Rapid and transient increases in cellular immediate early gene and neuropeptide mRNAs in cortical and limbic areas after amygdaloid kindling seizures in the rat

Received 6 November 1995 ,Accepted 21 March 1996.

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