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Inhibitory neural control of the myocardium in opisthobranch molluscs

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Kuwasawa, K., Yazawa, T. & Kurokawa, M. Inhibitory neural control of the myocardium in opisthobranch molluscs. Experientia 43, 986–990 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952214

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