Non-cholinergic synaptic excitation in neostriatum: pharmacological evidence for mediation by a glutamate-like transmitter
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Pharmacology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0007-1188
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1986.tb16258.x