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Axonal conduction properties of antidromically identified neurons in rat barrel cortex

M. Kathleen Kelly, George E. Carvell, Jed A. Hartings, Daniel J. Simons Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;; Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USACorrespondence E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 202-210 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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