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Neural Plasticity
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 921732, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/921732
Review Article
GABAergic Neuron Specification in the Spinal Cord, the Cerebellum, and the Cochlear Nucleus
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogahahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
Received 28 February 2012; Revised 17 May 2012; Accepted 17 May 2012
Academic Editor: Małgorzata Kossut
Copyright © 2012 Kei Hori and Mikio Hoshino. 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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