Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 237-243 , March 2002

Causes and consequences of pathogenic processes in evolution: implications from experimental epilepsy in animals

  • L.S. Godlevsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Informatics and Medical Devices, Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine
    • ,
  • G. van Luijtelaar

      Affiliations

    • NICI, Department of Psychology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • A.A. Shandra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Normal Physiology, Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine
    • ,
  • A.M.L. Coenen

      Affiliations

    • NICI, Department of Psychology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 14 August 2000 ,Accepted 16 August 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 237-243 , March 2002

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