Functional CB1 receptors are broadly expressed in neocortical GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons Abbreviated title: CB1 in GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons
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Elisa L. Hill, Thierry Gallopin, Isabelle Férézou, Bruno Cauli, Jean Rossier, Paul Schweitzer, Bertrand Lambolez 1 Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Diversité Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7637, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France. 2 Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, CVN 12, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Functional CB1 receptors are broadly expressed in neocortical GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons.
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