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Comment
. 2006 Sep-Oct;6(5):173-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2006.00136.x.

Does glutamate released by astrocytes cause focal epilepsy?

Raimondo D'Ambrosio
Comment

Does glutamate released by astrocytes cause focal epilepsy?

Raimondo D'Ambrosio. Epilepsy Curr. 2006 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

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  • An astrocytic basis of epilepsy.
    Tian GF, Azmi H, Takano T, Xu Q, Peng W, Lin J, Oberheim N, Lou N, Wang X, Zielke HR, Kang J, Nedergaard M. Tian GF, et al. Nat Med. 2005 Sep;11(9):973-81. doi: 10.1038/nm1277. Epub 2005 Aug 14. Nat Med. 2005. PMID: 16116433 Free PMC article.

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