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spellingShingle Tang, Zheng-Quan, Trussell, Laurence O., The Journal of Neuroscience, Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus, General Neuroscience
title Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
title_full Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
title_fullStr Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
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title_short Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
title_sort serotonergic regulation of excitability of principal cells of the dorsal cochlear nucleus
title_unstemmed Serotonergic Regulation of Excitability of Principal Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
topic General Neuroscience
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