Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the nervous system

Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2004, Pages 269-302

  Margiotta, Joseph P ^a   Pugh, Phyllis C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

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EID: 36148949349     PISSN: 15692558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-2558(03)32012-0     Document Type: Review

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