GABA receptors gone bad: the wrong place at the wrong time

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Andre Lagrange. Epilepsy Curr. 2005 May-Jun.

. 2005 May-Jun;5(3):91-4.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2005.05304.x.

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Altered expression of the delta subunit of the GABAA receptor in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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