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Research Article

RESIDUAL ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN THE BASAL LATERAL AMYGDALA FOLLOWING SOMAN-INDUCED STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Jeffry Forster Pharmacology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
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Ballough, Gerald Biology Department , LaSalle University, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA
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Filbert Margaret Pharmacology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
Pages 115-124 | Published online: 30 Sep 2008

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