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Gabaergic Drugs and Alzheimer’s Disease

Agenor Limon1 Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA92697-4550, USAView further author information
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Jorge Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz1 Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA92697-4550, USAView further author information
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Ricardo Miledi1 Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA92697-4550, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 149-153 | Published online: 11 Feb 2011

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