Spatial memory and learning in transgenic mice: Fact or artifact?

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Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 118-123

  Wolfer, David P ^a   Stagljar Bozicevic, Marijana ^a   Errington, Mick L ^b   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22044449406     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1998.13.3.118     Document Type: Article

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