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GABAergic Interneuron Cell Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

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This research highlight was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation (82204350) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Q22H309365 and LQ22H310007).

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    Junzi Chen, Zhongxia Li & Yi Wang

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China

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Chen, J., Li, Z., Wang, Y. et al. GABAergic Interneuron Cell Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Neurosci. Bull. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-024-01195-1

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