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    Takako Ohno-Shosaku, Takashi Maejima, Takayuki Yoshida, Kouichi Hashimoto, Yuko Fukudome & Masanobu Kano

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Ohno-Shosaku, T., Maejima, T., Yoshida, T., Hashimoto, K., Fukudome, Y., Kano, M. (2005). Control of Synaptic Transmission in the CNS Through Endocannabinoid-Mediated Retrograde Signaling. In: Ludwig, M. (eds) Dendritic Neurotransmitter Release. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23696-1_18

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