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Original Article

Activity-Stress Increases Density of GFAP-Immunoreactive Astrocytes in the Rat Hippocampus

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Pages 275-284 | Received 07 Feb 2000, Accepted 07 Sep 2000, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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