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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Cyclic estrogenic fluctuation influences synaptic transmission of the medial vestibular nuclei in female rats

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Pages 434-439 | Received 03 Sep 2010, Accepted 28 Oct 2010, Published online: 28 Dec 2010

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