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Mind, Brain, and Behavior: an Integrative Approach to Teaching Neuroscience to Medical Students

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The authors wish to thank everyone who helped with and supported the implementation of this course as well as all of the participants of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Inaugural Class of 2020.

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    Arden D Dingle, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Mario Gil, Francisco Fernandez, Valerie Terry, Gladys E. Maestre & Gabriel A de Erausquin

  2. Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX, USA

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Dingle, A.D., Torres-Reveron, A., Gil, M. et al. Mind, Brain, and Behavior: an Integrative Approach to Teaching Neuroscience to Medical Students. Acad Psychiatry 43, 639–643 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-019-01079-x

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