Epilepsy Research
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 111-118 , May 1997

Post-ictal depression transiently inhibits induction of LTP in area CA1 of the rat hippocampal slice

  • Deborah S Barr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27 710, USA
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  • Kendall L Hoyt

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 508 Fulton St., Bldg 16, Rm 25, Durham, NC 27 705, USA
    • ,
  • Scott D Moore

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 508 Fulton St., Bldg 16, Rm 25, Durham, NC 27 705, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27 710, USA
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  • Wilkie A Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27 710, USA
    • Neurology Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 508 Fulton St., Bldg 16, Rm 25, Durham, NC 27 705, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 8 July 1995 ,Accepted 4 January 1997.

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Epilepsy Research
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