Electrical properties of postnatal GnRH neurons in the mouse and their regulation by gonadal steroids

Neuroplasticity, Development, and Steroid Hormone Action

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 177-190

  Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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