Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39 , March 2009

Study on pathological mechanisms of temporal lobe epilepsy and psychosis through kindling effect

  • Tsuyoshi Akiyama

      Affiliations

    • Kanto Medical Center, 5-9-22 Higashi-gotanda, Sinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3448 6502; fax: +81 3 3448 6507.
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  • Masao Tsuchiya

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo University, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

,Accepted 17 January 2009.

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PII: S1876-2018(09)00007-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2009.01.007

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39 , March 2009

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