The mammalian central nervous synaptic cleft contains a high density of periodically organized complexes.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2005-12-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1073/PNAS.0509527102PMID 16354833PMCID PMC1323199
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