Axo-somatic and Axo-dendritic Synapses of the Cerebral Cortex: an Electron Microscope Study

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Journal J Anat

Specialty Anatomy & Histology

Date 1959 Oct 1

PMID 13829103

Citations 514

Authors

E G Gray

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