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Toward a unified hypothesis of cortico-striato-pallido-thalamus function?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Neal R. Swerdlow*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
George F. Koob
Affiliation:
Division of Preclinical Neurosciences and Endocrinology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA 92037
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