Neurometabolic coupling in the lateral geniculate nucleus changes 3 with extended age 4
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1 2 Neurometabolic coupling in the lateral geniculate nucleus changes 3 with extended age 4 Baowang Li and Ralph D. Freeman* 5 Group in Vision Science, School of Optometry, Helen Wills Neurosciences Institute, 6 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 7 *Correspondence to: 8 Ralph D. Freeman 9 360 Minor Hall, University of California at Berkeley 10 Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 11 [email protected] 12 13 Running Head: Effects of aging on neurometabolic coupling 14 15 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 12, 2010). doi:10.1152/jn.00270.2010
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