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Double-Edged Mossy Cells in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Evil in the Early Stage Through a BDNF-Dependent Strengthening Dentate Gyrus Circuit

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82204353) and the Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (2022JKZKTS07).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China

    Heming Cheng, Qiuwen Lou, Yi Wang & Zhong Chen

  2. Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China

    Yi Wang

  3. Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Zhong Chen

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Cheng, H., Lou, Q., Wang, Y. et al. Double-Edged Mossy Cells in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Evil in the Early Stage Through a BDNF-Dependent Strengthening Dentate Gyrus Circuit. Neurosci. Bull. 39, 1031–1033 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01030-z

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