Cells That "Fire Together, Wire Together", but Do They Transcribe Together in Epilepsy?

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Sadi Quiñones et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;21(2):124-125.

doi: 10.1177/1535759721990042. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

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Identification of epilepsy-associated neuronal subtypes and gene expression underlying epileptogenesis.
Pfisterer U, Petukhov V, Demharter S, Meichsner J, Thompson JJ, Batiuk MY, Asenjo-Martinez A, Vasistha NA, Thakur A, Mikkelsen J, Adorjan I, Pinborg LH, Pers TH, von Engelhardt J, Kharchenko PV, Khodosevich K. Pfisterer U, et al. Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 7;11(1):5038. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18752-7. Nat Commun. 2020. PMID: 33028830 Free PMC article.

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