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19 - Optogenetics Research in Behavioral Neuroscience: Insights into the Brain Basis of Reward Learning and Goal-directed Behavior

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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

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Adam C. G. Crego ,
Stephen E. Chang ,
William N. Butler  and
Kyle S. Smith
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Krishnarao Appasani
Krishnarao Appasani
Affiliation:
GeneExpression Systems, Inc., Massachusetts
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Optogenetics
From Neuronal Function to Mapping and Disease Biology
 , pp. 276 - 291
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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