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Tomoyuki Fujiyama1, Satoshi Miyashita2, Yousuke Tsuneoka3

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan; International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.

Cell Reports
|July 5, 2018
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Ptf1acentral nervous systemhypothalamuskisspeptinsexual behaviorsexual differentiation

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