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Editorial
. 2006 Nov-Dec;6(6):197-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2006.00144.x.

Point-counterpoint: Do interictal spikes trigger seizures or protect against them?

Michael A Rogawski
Editorial

Point-counterpoint: Do interictal spikes trigger seizures or protect against them?

Michael A Rogawski. Epilepsy Curr. 2006 Nov-Dec.
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FIGURE 1
A: Scalp EEG recordings of interictal spikes. Reprinted with permission from Prog Neurobiol (1). Copyright Elsevier Science Ltd. 2001. B: One of the earliest examples of an intracellularly recorded paroxsysmal depolarization shift in an “acute penicillin focus” in the cat cortex. Upper superimposed tracing shows the field response recorded at the cortical surface. Adapted with permission from Exp Neurol (2). Copyright Elsevier Science (USA) 1964.
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