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Apamin: A highly selective and effective blocker of calcium-dependent potassium conductance

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A. A. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 833–846, November–December, 1988.

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Baidan, L.V., Zholos, A.V. Apamin: A highly selective and effective blocker of calcium-dependent potassium conductance. Neurophysiology 20, 590–600 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02150264

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