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Cortical barrel field ablation and unconditioned whisking kinematics

Michael A. Harvey, Robert N. S. Sachdev, H. Philip Zeigler Biopsychology Program, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10021, USA;; Institute for Developmental Neuroscience, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USACorrespondence E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 223-227 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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