Further characterization of muscarinic agonist-induced epileptiform bursting activity in immature rat piriform cortex, in vitro

Neuroscience - Tập 134 - Trang 549-566 - 2005
B.J. Whalley1, M. Postlethwaite1, A. Constanti1
1Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, 29 / 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK

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