Pharmacological insights obtained from structure-function studies of ionotropic glutamate receptors.

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Published in Br J Pharmacol on April 01, 2006

Authors

Philip E Chen1, David J A Wyllie

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1: Division of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, 1 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ.

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