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Adrenal steroids and plasticity of hippocampal neurons: Toward an understanding of underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms

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McEwen, B.S., Cameron, H., Chao, H.M. et al. Adrenal steroids and plasticity of hippocampal neurons: Toward an understanding of underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. Cell Mol Neurobiol 13, 457–482 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00711583

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