γ-Aminobutyric acid opens Cl-channels in cultured astrocytes
✍ Scribed by H. Kettenmann; K.H. Backus; M. Schachner
- Book ID
- 115797686
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 642 KB
- Volume
- 404
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-8993
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