Sex differences and effects of cocaine on excitatory synapses in the nucleus accumbens.

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Published in Neuropharmacology on April 13, 2011

Authors

Anne Marie Wissman1, Andrew F McCollum, Guang-Zhe Huang, Amisra A Nikrodhanond, Catherine S Woolley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. a-wissman@northwestern.edu

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