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Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 708428, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/708428
Review Article
Perisynaptic GABA Receptors: The Overzealous Protector
Departments of Anatomy and Psychology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 913, Dunedin 9013, New Zealand
Received 13 April 2011; Accepted 12 December 2011
Academic Editor: John Atack
Copyright © 2012 Andrew N. Clarkson. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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