Brief review of practical epileptology in the field of basic science: Epileptic mutant anilals

Yoshiya L. MURASHIMA

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Vol 1, Issue 1, 2017

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Epileptic mutant animals are normally kept in frozen embryo to spare the costs and human powers. However, the seizure thresholds of epileptic mutants are very delicate and the reproducibility of seizure threshold through frozen embryo procedures is unstable.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63018/nc.v1i1.61

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