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. 1963 Sep;88(3):566–578. doi: 10.1042/bj0880566

The metabolism of glutamate in homogenates and slices of brain cortex

R J Haslam 1,*, H A Krebs 1
PMCID: PMC1202216  PMID: 14071531

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