Increased GAD-positive neurons in the cortex of taurine-fed mice

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 583, Issue , 2006, Pages 411-417

  Levinskaya, Natalia ^a   Trenkner, Ekkhart ^a   El Idrissi, Abdeslem ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84934437377     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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