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Differential effects of neuropeptide Y type 2 receptor activation on responses of rat ventral posteromedial thalamus neurons to surround vibrissae and trigeminal subnucleus interpolaris stimulation

NICOLAS L. CHIAIA, YI ZHANG, MIN CHEN, SHUJIE ZHANG ROBERT W. RHOADES Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Ohio, PO Box 10008, Toledo, OH 43699, USA
Pages 295-300 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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