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Paul D Loprinzi1, Skyla M Herod, Bradley J Cardinal

  • 1Department of Exercise Science, Lansing School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205, USA.

Brain Research
|October 15, 2013
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