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Low-frequency Stimulation at the Subiculum is Anti-convulsant and Anti-drug-resistant in a Mouse Model of Lamotrigine-resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81703480 and 81603084) and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities, China (2019FZA7016 and 2019QNA5001).

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  1. College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310000, China

    Yeping Ruan, Jile Lan & Zhong Chen

  2. Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310000, China

    Cenglin Xu, Jiazhen Nao, Shuo Zhang, Fei Fan, Yi Wang & Zhong Chen

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Ruan, Y., Xu, C., Lan, J. et al. Low-frequency Stimulation at the Subiculum is Anti-convulsant and Anti-drug-resistant in a Mouse Model of Lamotrigine-resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurosci. Bull. 36, 654–658 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00482-x

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