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Freeze-dried samples were used for the determination of glutamate decarboxylase activity in discrete preoptic and hypothalamic nuclei. The activity showed marked regional variation in distribution.
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Itoh, M., Uchimura, H., Hirano, M. et al. Glutamate decarboxylase activity in preoptic and hypothalamic nuclei of the rat. Experientia 34, 988–989 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915303
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