The anterior pretectal nucleus: a proposed role in sensory processing

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  1993

• Venue

  Pain

• Publication date

  1993-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1016/0304-3959(93)90072-WPMID 8336983
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