Adenosine and metabolism-A brief historical note

Adenosine: A Key Link between Metabolism and Brain Activity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-19

  Fredholm, Bertil B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3903-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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