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[1] Paulus MP, Geyer MP. Three independent factors characterize
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[2] Swanson LW. Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Amsterdam:
Elsevier, 1992, 240 pp.
[3] Van Hoesen GW, Hyman BT. Hippocampal formation: anatomy and the patterns of pathology in Alzheimer's
disease. In: Storm-Mathisen J, Zimmer J, Ottersen OP, editors. Understanding the Brain through the Hippocampus. Progress in Brain Research,
vol 83, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990, 445-457.
doi:10.1016/S0166-4328(05)00027-6 This journal should be cited in lists as Behav Brain Res
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