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Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats. / Inyushin, M. Yu; Vol'nova, A. B.; Lenkov, D. N.

In: Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2001, p. 201-205.

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Inyushin, MY, Vol'nova, AB & Lenkov, DN 2001, 'Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats', Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 201-205. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005272526284

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Inyushin, M. Y., Vol'nova, A. B., & Lenkov, D. N. (2001). Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, 31(2), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005272526284

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Inyushin MY, Vol'nova AB, Lenkov DN. Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 2001;31(2):201-205. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005272526284

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Inyushin, M. Yu ; Vol'nova, A. B. ; Lenkov, D. N. / Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats. In: Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 2001 ; Vol. 31, No. 2. pp. 201-205.

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