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[Breathing patterns peculiarities as the index of the "animal hypnosis" state in the rabbit]

I P Levshina, A V Bogdanov, A G Galashina

    Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti Imeni I P Pavlova
    |August 26, 2004
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