Epilepsy Research
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 219-229 , May 1998

Frontal versus transcorneal stimulation to induce maximal electroshock seizures or kindling in mice and rats

  • Piotr Wlaź

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, P.O. Box 158, PL-20-950 Lublin, Poland. Tel.: +48 81 4456056; fax: +48 81 4456006; e-mail: wlaz@ursus.ar.lublin.pl
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  • Heidrun Potschka
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  • Wolfgang Löscher

Received 13 August 1997 ,Revised 4 December 1997 ,Accepted 26 December 1997.

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 219-229 , May 1998

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