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The effect of pre-eclampsia-like syndrome induced by L-NAME on learning and memory and hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor expression: A rat model

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Pages 36-43 | Received 09 Dec 2015, Accepted 17 Aug 2016, Published online: 27 Oct 2016

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