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Brain Research

Volume 135, Issue 1, 21 October 1977, Pages 147-152
Brain Research

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Nigrotectal projections in the monkey: An autoradiographic study

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This investigation was supported by Grant NS-13750-01 from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health.

A. Jayaraman, special fellow in neuroanatomy supported by Training Grant NS-05242-19 from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke.

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