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Holter, J., Davies, J., Man, PS., Wells, T., Carter, D. (2008). Transgenic Delivery and Detection of GFP in Neuropeptide Neurons. In: Gozes, I. (eds) Neuropeptide Techniques. Neuromethods, vol 39. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-099-1_5
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