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. 2006 Apr 5;12(2):234–239. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2002.tb00438.x

“Epileptic Neurons” in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Yoel Yaari 1,✉, Heinz Beck 2
PMCID: PMC8095735  PMID: 11958377

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