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Published: Oct 31, 2010
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Matthew E Carter, Ofer Yizhar, Sachiko Chikahisa, et al. (2010). Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons. Nature Neuroscience, 13(12), 1526-1533. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2682

Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons

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