NAA and higher cognitive function in humans

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 576, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-226

  Yeo, Ronald A ^c   Brooks, William M ^b   Jung, Rex E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico School of Medicine ^*

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EID: 84934440554     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30172-0_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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