Neuron - specific cholinergic modulation of a forebrain
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Neuron-specific cholinergic modulation of a forebrain song control nucleus 7 8 Stephen D. Shea1, Henner Koch2, Daniel Baleckaitis2, Jan-Marino Ramirez1,2 and Daniel 9 Margoliash1,2 10 11 1Committee on Neurobiology 12 2Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy 13 University of Chicago 14 1027 E. 57th Street 15 Chicago, IL 60637 16 17 18 Running head: Neuron-specific cholinergic modulation 19 20 Corresponding author: 21 22 Stephen D. Shea 23 24 Present address: 25 Department of Neurobiology 26 Box 3209 27 Duke University Medical Center 28 Durham, NC 27710 29 30 Phone: (919) 684-5133; Fax: (919) 684-4431; email: [email protected] 31
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