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Localization of unmyelinated axons in rat skin and mucocutaneous tissue utilizing the isolectin GS-I-B

JEFFREY PETRUSKA Departments of Neuroscience
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WOLFGANG STREIT Departments of Neuroscience
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RICHARD JOHNSON Departments of Neuroscience; Departments Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Pages 17-26 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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