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Response of individual olfactory nerve cells to microelectrophoretically administered chemical substances

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  1. Clinical Neuropharmacology Research Center, NIMH National Institutes of Health at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C.

    R. von Baumgarten, F. E. Bloom, A. P. Oliver & G. C. Salmoiraghi

  2. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, Kirchweg 7, 34 Göttingen

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Consultant to the National Institutes of Health, from the Physiological Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany. Participation of Prof. von Baumgarten in this study was made possible by support given by the United States Air Force under Grant No. AF-EOAR-62-93 and monitored by the European Office of Aerospace Research.—Present Address: Physiologisches Institut der Universität 34 Göttingen, Germany.

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von Baumgarten, R., Bloom, F.E., Oliver, A.P. et al. Response of individual olfactory nerve cells to microelectrophoretically administered chemical substances. Pflügers Archiv 277, 125–140 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00363371

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