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Understanding the basic mechanisms underlying seizures in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and possible therapeutic targets: A review

  1. Casey M. O'Dell1,
  2. Arabinda Das1,
  3. Gerald Wallace IV1,
  4. Swapan K. Ray2,
  5. Naren L. Banik1,*

Article first published online: 8 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22829

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Journal of Neuroscience Research

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volume 90, Issue 5, pages 913–924, May 2012

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O'Dell, C. M., Das, A., Wallace, G., Ray, S. K. and Banik, N. L. (2012), Understanding the basic mechanisms underlying seizures in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and possible therapeutic targets: A review. J. Neurosci. Res., 90: 913–924. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22829

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  1. 1

    Division of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina

*PhD, Division of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 8 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 5 OCT 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 11 AUG 2011

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  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Grant Numbers: NS-31622, NS-38146, NS-41088

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