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17 - Optogenetics to Study Reward Learning and Addiction

from Part IV - Optogenetics in Learning, Neuropsychiatric Diseases, and Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

Krishnarao Appasani
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GeneExpression Systems, Inc., Massachusetts
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Optogenetics
From Neuronal Function to Mapping and Disease Biology
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Print publication year: 2017

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