Potassium currents in primary cultured astrocytes from the rat corpus callosum
✍ Scribed by Reyes-Haro, Daniel ;Miledi, Ricardo ;García-Colunga, Jesús
- Book ID
- 113077069
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 647 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-4864
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