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. 1963 Apr;166(1):1–14. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1963.sp007087

Acidic amino acids with strong excitatory actions on mammalian neurones

D R Curtis, J C Watkins

PMCID: PMC1359358 PMID: 14024354

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