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McNamara, J.O., Huang, Y.Z., Pan, E. (2008). Plasticity of Dentate Granule Cell Mossy Fiber Synapses: A Putative Mechanism of Limbic Epileptogenesis. In: Hell, J.W., Ehlers, M.D. (eds) Structural And Functional Organization Of The Synapse. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77232-5_24
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