Profound Suppression of Kindled Seizures by Cysteamine: Possible Role of Somatostatin to Kindled Seizures
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Teruhiko Higuchi M.D.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E OW3
Department of Psychiatry, Saitama Medical School, Saitama
Department of Psychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Inuma-gun, Saitama 350-4, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorNobumasa Kato M.D.
National Center for Nervous, Mental and Muscular Disorders, Tokyo
Search for more papers by this authorJuhn A. Wada M.D.
Division of Neurological Sciences, Universiry of British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorHenrry G. Friesen M.D.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E OW3
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Teruhiko Higuchi M.D.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E OW3
Department of Psychiatry, Saitama Medical School, Saitama
Department of Psychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Inuma-gun, Saitama 350-4, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorNobumasa Kato M.D.
National Center for Nervous, Mental and Muscular Disorders, Tokyo
Search for more papers by this authorJuhn A. Wada M.D.
Division of Neurological Sciences, Universiry of British Columbia, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorHenrry G. Friesen M.D.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E OW3
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