Evaluation of Synapse Density in Hippocampal Rodent Brain Slices.

Evaluation of Synapse Density in Hippocampal Rodent Brain Slices.
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10.3791/56153
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2017-10-06
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Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
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通讯作者:
Salinas P
Salinas P
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作者:
McLeod F;Marzo A;Podpolny M;Galli S;Salinas P

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