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We confirm that that we have read the Journal’s position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this report is consistent with those guidelines. Marco de Curtis decurtis@istituto-besta.it Astrid Nehlig Jeffrey Noebels Raman Sankar Annamaria Vezzani Unit of Epileptology and Experimental Neurophysiology and Neuroscience Laboratories, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy; INSERM U 666, Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg, France; Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.; Division of Pediatric Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.; and Laboratory Experimental Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy