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The International Journal on the Biology of Stress
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Original Research Report

Differential modulation of synaptic plasticity and local circuit activity in the dentate gyrus and CA1 regions of the rat hippocampus by corticosterone

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Pages 319-327 | Received 13 Oct 2014, Accepted 12 Feb 2015, Published online: 27 Mar 2015

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