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Experimental investigations of antiepileptic drugs in astrocytes-microglia co-cultures suggest possible protective effects on astrocytes during early epileptogenesis
Fatme Seval Ismail,
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Fatme Seval Ismail
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Fatme Seval Ismail, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Germany.
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Pedro M. Faustmann
Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Fatme Seval Ismail,
Corresponding Author
Fatme Seval Ismail
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Correspondence
Fatme Seval Ismail, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Germany.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this author Pedro M. Faustmann,
Pedro M. Faustmann
Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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First published: 24 June 2021
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