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Tremere, L.A., Pinaud, R. (2006). Intra-cortical Inhibition in the Regulation of Receptive Field Properties And Neural Plasticity in the Primary Visual Cortex. In: Pinaud, R., Tremere, L.A., De Weerd, P. (eds) Plasticity in the Visual System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28190-8_11

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