The Striatal Skeleton: Medium Spiny Projection Neurons and their Lateral Connections

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue C, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Plenz, Dietmar ^a   Wickens, Jeffery R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84973358174     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374767-9.00005-6     Document Type: Chapter

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