Developmental models of brain dysfunctions induced by targeted cellular ablations with methylazoxymethanol

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-215

  Cattabeni, Flaminio ^a   Di Luca, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIATION; CELL CYCLE; COGNITION; GENE TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031026537     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1997.77.1.199     Document Type: Article

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