Development of multisensory convergence 4 in the Xenopus optic tectum
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Section Editor: Jane Sullivan 1 2 3 Development of multisensory convergence 4 in the Xenopus optic tectum 5 6 Katherine E. Deeg , Irina B. Sears and Carlos D. Aizenman 7 8 Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. 9 10 11 12 Running title: Multisensory projections in tadpoles 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 * Correspondence: 20 Carlos D. Aizenman 21 Brown University 22 Department of Neuroscience, Box G-LN 23 Providence, RI 02912 24 Tel. (401) 863-6015 Fax: (401)863-1074 25 E-mail: [email protected] 26 27 Email addresses: 28 [email protected] 29 [email protected] 30 [email protected] 31 32 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (September 30, 2009). doi:10.1152/jn.00632.2009
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تاریخ انتشار 2009