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. 1963 May;166(2):296–327. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1963.sp007106

Acetylcholine-sensitive cells in the cerebral cortex

K Krnjević, J W Phillis
PMCID: PMC1359331  PMID: 14035889

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