Attenuating 5α-pregnane-3α-ol-20-one formation in the hippocampus of female rats increases pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures

February 2005 in “ Epilepsy & Behavior ”

Madeline E. Rhodes, Cheryl A. Frye

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