Transcriptional regulation of activity-dependent genes by birdsong

Transcriptional Regulation by Neuronal Activity: To the Nucleus and Back

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-26

  Velho, Tarciso A F ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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