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    John F. MacDonald, Suhas A. Kotecha, Wei-Yang Lu & Michael F. Jackson

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MacDonald, J.F., Kotecha, S.A., Lu, WY., Jackson, M.F. (2005). NMDA Receptors: From Protein-Protein Interactions to Transactivation. In: Stanton, P.K., Bramham, C., Scharfman, H.E. (eds) Synaptic Plasticity and Transsynaptic Signaling. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25443-9_19

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