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Neural Plasticity
Volume 2012, Article ID 351752, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/351752
Review Article

Studies of Olfactory System Neural Plasticity: The Contribution of the Unilateral Naris Occlusion Technique

David M. Coppola

Department of Biology, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005, USA

Received 16 December 2011; Revised 1 March 2012; Accepted 19 March 2012

Academic Editor: Ron Kupers

Copyright © 2012 David M. Coppola. 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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