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Chronic lesion of corticostriatal fibers reduces GABAB but not GABAA binding in rat caudate putamen: An autoradiographic study

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Moratalla, R., Bowery, N.G. Chronic lesion of corticostriatal fibers reduces GABAB but not GABAA binding in rat caudate putamen: An autoradiographic study. Neurochem Res 16, 309–315 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00966094

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