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Original Article

Absence of Neurogenesis of Adult Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells

Russell A. La Forte Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550
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Sharon Melville Department of Marine, Biomedical Institute University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550
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Kyungsoon Chung Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550; Department of Marine, Biomedical Institute University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550
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Richard E. Coggeshall Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550; Department of Marine, Biomedical Institute University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550
Pages 3-7 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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