Anatomy of the human pineal gland

The Pineal Gland and Melatonin: Recent Advances in Development, Imaging, Disease and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-53

  Acer, Niyazi ^a   Turgut, Mehmet ^b   Yalçin, Savaş S ^b   Duvernoy, Henri M ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (France)

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