Increased persistent sodium current contributes to 1 seizure in the slamdance bang - sensitive Drosophila 2 mutant
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4 Richard Marley and Richard A. Baines 5 Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. 6 7 8 Text pages: 37 9 Figures: 8 10 Tables: 1 11 Supplementary videos: 2 12 13 Running Head: Drosophila epilepsy model 14 15 Address for correspondence: 16 Richard Baines 17 1.016 Hill Building 18 Faculty of Life Sciences, 19 University of Manchester, 20 Oxford Road, 21 Manchester, 22 M13 9PT 23 United Kingdom. 24 [email protected] 25 Tel: + 44 161 2755365 26 27 28 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (March 30, 2011). doi:10.1152/jn.00808.2010
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