The right dorsal habenula limits attraction to specific odors in zebrafish
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1NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore. 2Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore. 3Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program. 4Critta.org, Singapore 278472. 5Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. 6Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology, National University of Singapore. 7Dept. of Physiology, National University of Singapore.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014