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Research Article

POPULATION-LEVEL RIGHT-PAW PREFERENCE IN RATS ASSESSED BY A NEW COMPUTERIZED FOOD-REACHING TEST

MUSTAFA GÜVEN Department of Biophysics, Medical School, Çukurova University, Adana, TurkeyCorrespondenceE-mail: [email protected].
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DERYA DENIZ ELALMIS Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Medical School Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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SEÇIL BINOKAY Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Medical School Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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ÜNER TAN Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Medical School Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Pages 1675-1689 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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