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Chapter 17 - Imaging Neural Excitability and Networks in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Models

from Part IV - Mapping Consequences of the Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2019

By
Grygoriy Tsenov ,
Giuseppe Bertini ,
Michele Pellitteri ,
Elena Nicolato ,
Pasquina Marzola ,
Paolo Francesco Fabene  and
Gilles van Luijtelaar
Edited by
Andrea Bernasconi ,
Neda Bernasconi  and
Matthias Koepp
Andrea Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Neda Bernasconi
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Matthias Koepp
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London
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Imaging Biomarkers in Epilepsy , pp. 181 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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