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Montero, V. (2006). Attentional Activation of Cortico-Reticulo-Thalamic Pathways Revealed by Fos Imaging. In: Pinaud, R., Tremere, L.A., De Weerd, P. (eds) Plasticity in the Visual System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28190-8_6

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