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Ultrastructural view of central catecholaminergic transmission: immunocytochemical localization of synthesizing enzymes, transporters and receptors

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Pickel, V.M., Nirenberg, M.J. & Milner, T.A. Ultrastructural view of central catecholaminergic transmission: immunocytochemical localization of synthesizing enzymes, transporters and receptors. J Neurocytol 25, 843–856 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02284846

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