Synaptic transmission: Functional autapses in the cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Bekkers, John M ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

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EID: 0038527404     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00363-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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