Relevance of the MPTP primate model in the study of dyskinesia priming mechanisms
✍ Scribed by Pierre J Blanchet; Frédéric Calon; Marc Morissette; Abdallah Hadj Tahar; Nancy Bélanger; Pershia Samadi; Richard Grondin; Laurent Grégoire; Leonard Meltzer; Thérèse Di Paolo; Paul J Bédard
- Book ID
- 116819961
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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