Thermoreceptors: Recent heat in thermosensation

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages

  McCleskey, Edwin W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031282323     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00354-x     Document Type: Article

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