Photolytic flash-induced intercellular calcium waves using caged calcium ionophore in cultured astrocytes from newborn rats
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Brain Research
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0014-4819,1432-1106
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1149-y