Spine plasticity in the rat medial amygdala

Dendritic Spines: Biochemistry, Modeling and Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 67-89

  Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^a   Brusco, Janaína ^b,c   Moreira, Jorge E ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Synaptic Structure   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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