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Jenny Bröker-Lai1, Astrid Kollewe2, Barbara Schindeldecker3

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The EMBO Journal
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PubMed

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TRPC1/C4/C5 heteromeric assemblycross‐frequency couplinghippocampal synaptic transmissionrelearningspatial working memory

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