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Assessing Changes in Synaptic Plasticity Using an Awake Closed-Head Injury Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Erin L Wendt-Hornickle1, Rebecca A Johnson
1Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|July 16, 2011
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