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Regional alterations in the levels of brain biogenic amines, glutamate, GABA, and GAD activity due to chronic consumption of inorganic arsenic in developing and adult rats

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  1. Department of Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, 560 029, Bangalore, India

    T. N. Nagaraja & T. Desiraju

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Nagaraja, T.N., Desiraju, T. Regional alterations in the levels of brain biogenic amines, glutamate, GABA, and GAD activity due to chronic consumption of inorganic arsenic in developing and adult rats. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 100–107 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196547

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