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Adding Fuel to the Fire by Increased GABAergic Inhibition: A Seizure-Amplifying Nigra-Parafascicular Pathway

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This highlight article was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81673623) and a project of the National Education Steering Committee for Postgraduate Students Majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine (20190723-FJ-B23)

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    Rongrong Chen, Jie Yu, Chengping Wen & Zhenghao Xu

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Ruan, Y., Chen, R., Yu, J. et al. Adding Fuel to the Fire by Increased GABAergic Inhibition: A Seizure-Amplifying Nigra-Parafascicular Pathway. Neurosci. Bull. 37, 135–137 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00537-z

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