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[Influence of magnetic field on nitric oxide in hypothalamus and its relation to hypothalamic neuroendocrine nuclei]

Z G Luo1, Q G Han, X Y Zhang

  • 1Life Science Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060.

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|January 29, 2003
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