Modeling operant behavior in the Parkinsonian rat
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Operant Behavior
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Brain Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0166-4328
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.033