Spatial and temporal aspects of Ca2+ signaling mediated by P2Y receptors in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes
β Scribed by Schuichi Koizumi; Yoshiro Saito; Ken Nakazawa; Kazuyuki Nakajima; Jun-Ichi Sawada; Shinichi Kohsaka; Peter Illes; Kazuhide Inoue
- Book ID
- 117173851
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0024-3205
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