Chapter 4.4 Changes in acetylcholine extracellular levels during cognitive processes

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue , 2006, Pages 377-396

  Pepeu, Giancarlo ^a   Giovannini, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 67649703466     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-7339(06)16020-8     Document Type: Review

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