Chapter 2 Local circuitry of the somatosensory thalamus in the processing of sensory information

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 87, Issue C, 1991, Pages 13-28

  Ralston, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0025732237     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)63045-9     Document Type: Article

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