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Seizure activity and changes in gas pressures

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Caspers, H., Speckmann, EJ., Lehmenkühler, A. (1987). DC potentials of the cerebral cortex. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 106. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027576

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