Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 114-128 , 1 September 1998

GABAA receptor function in epileptic human dentate granule cells: comparison to epileptic and control rat

  • Melissa D Shumate

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
    • ,
  • Dean D Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
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  • John W Gibbs III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
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  • Kathryn L Holloway

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
    • The MCV Comprehensive Epilepsy Institute of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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  • Douglas A. Coulter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
    • Department of Anatomy, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Richmond VA 23398-0599, USA
    • The MCV Comprehensive Epilepsy Institute of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, PO Box 980599, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23398-0599, USA. Tel.: +1 804 8288969; fax: +1 804 8286373; e-mail: dcoulter@gems.vcu.edu

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 114-128 , 1 September 1998

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