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Original Article

The Anticonvulsant Effect of Deprenyl on Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Seizures in Lewis Rats

Amnon Hoffman Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mishel Afargan Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Joshua Backon Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Itay Perlstein Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Pages 223-232 | Received 24 Feb 1997, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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