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Functional classification of cells in the optic tract of a tree shrew (Tupaia chinensis)

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  1. Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Biophysics Laboratory of the Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Nijmegen, Njimegen, The Netherlands

    P. A. M. van Dongen, H. J. ter Laak, J. M. Thijssen & A. J. H. Vendrik

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van Dongen, P.A.M., ter Laak, H.J., Thijssen, J.M. et al. Functional classification of cells in the optic tract of a tree shrew (Tupaia chinensis). Exp Brain Res 24, 441–446 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235010

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