Pathophysiology of Gap Junctions in the Brain

Gap Junctions in the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 31-49

  Hamdan, Rima ^a   Yehia, Maissa ^a   Talhouk, Rabih S ^a   El Sabban, Marwan E ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415901-3.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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