diff --git a/src/pynwb/core.py b/src/pynwb/core.py
index d11e7e9bc..30f87b7dd 100644
--- a/src/pynwb/core.py
+++ b/src/pynwb/core.py
@@ -1361,11 +1361,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
             arg1 = key[0]
             arg2 = key[1]
             return self.table[self.data[arg1], arg2]
-        elif isinstance(key, slice):
-            data = np.arange(*key.indices(len(self.table)))
-            return DynamicTableRegion(name=self.name, data=data, description=self.description, table=self.table)
+        elif isinstance(key, (int, slice)):
+            return self.table[self.data[key]]
         else:
-            if isinstance(key, int):
-                return self.table[self.data[key]]
-            else:
-                raise ValueError("unrecognized argument: '%s'" % key)
+            raise ValueError("unrecognized argument: '%s'" % key)
diff --git a/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_core.py b/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_core.py
index 67989f809..a61f444d6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_core.py
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ def test_extra_columns(self):
     def test_indexed_dynamic_table_region(self):
         table = self.with_columns_and_data()
 
-        dynamic_table_region = DynamicTableRegion('dtr', [0, 1], 'desc', table=table)
-        assert dynamic_table_region[slice(0, 1)]
+        dynamic_table_region = DynamicTableRegion('dtr', [0, 1, 1], 'desc', table=table)
+        fetch_ids = [x[1] for x in dynamic_table_region[:3]]
+        self.assertEqual(fetch_ids, [1, 2, 2])
 
     def test_nd_array_to_df(self):
         data = np.array([[1, 1, 1], [2, 2, 2], [3, 3, 3]])