Modulation of synaptic function in retinal amacrine cells

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 658-664

  Hoffpauir, Brian K ^a,b   Gleason, Evanna L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26644455687     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.4.658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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