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• © Anna Huttenlocher 2023

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• First published 2023

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• Names: Huttenlocher, Anna, author.

• Title: From loss to memory : behind the discovery of synaptic pruning / Anna Huttenlocher.

• Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Identifiers: LCCN 2023000666 | ISBN 9781009267052 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009267069 (paperback) | ISBN 9781009267038 (ebook)

• Subjects: MESH: Huttenlocher, Peter R. | Physicians | Neurologists | Neuronal Plasticity | Emigrants and Immigrants | Germany | United States | Biography

• Classification: LCC R690 | NLM WZ 100 | DDC 610.92 [B]--dc23/eng/20230317

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