Short communicationTestosterone reduces pentylenetetrazole-induced ictal activity of wildtype mice but not those deficient in type I 5α-reductase
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by grants from the Catherine Weldon Donaghue Foundation for Medical Research (96-001), the Whitehall Foundation (96-10), and the National Science Foundation (95-14463; 98-96263).
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