Topographic organization and chemoarchitecture of the dorsal raphe nucleus and the median raphe nucleus

Serotonin and Sleep: Molecular, Functional and Clinical Aspects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-67

  Lowry, Christopher A ^a   Evans, Andrew K ^a   Gasser, Paul J ^b   Hale, Matthew W ^a   Staub, Daniel R ^c   Shekhar, Anantha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8561-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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