Epilepsy Research
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 29-37 , July 1997

The cerebral hemisphere of the turtle in vitro. An experimental model with spontaneous interictal-like spikes for the study of epilepsy

  • Julio C Velluti

      Affiliations

    • Neurofisiologı́a, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Unidad Asociada Neurofisiologı́a, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +598 2 948784; e-mail: jvelluti@iibce.edu.uy
    • ,
  • Jaderson Costa da Costa

      Affiliations

    • Neurofisiologı́a, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Unidad Asociada Neurofisiologı́a, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Present address: Hospital São Lucas e Facultade de Medicina de PUCRS, RS, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Raúl E Russo

      Affiliations

    • Neurofisiologı́a, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Unidad Asociada Neurofisiologı́a, Facultad de Ciencias, Avda. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Departamento de Fisiologı́a, Facultad de Medicina, Gral. Flores 2125, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay

Received 8 October 1996 ,Revised 25 February 1997 ,Accepted 14 April 1997.

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Epilepsy Research
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