Slow Down and Seize: Seizures Triggered by Slow Wave Oscillations in a GABAergic Model of Dravet Syndrome

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Gordon F Buchanan. Epilepsy Curr. 2023.

. 2023 May 9;23(4):254-256.

doi: 10.1177/15357597231174111. eCollection 2023 Jul-Aug.

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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