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The nerve growth factor: Thirty-five years later

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Nobel Lecture given on December 8, 1986, by Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini and published inLe Prix Nobel (1986) printed in Sweden by Norstedts Tryskckeri, Stockholm, Sweden, 1987, and re-published here with the permission of the Nobel Foundation, the copyright holders.

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Levi-Montalcini, R. The nerve growth factor: Thirty-five years later. Biosci Rep 7, 681–699 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116861

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