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This review will deal with experimental studies made in our and other laboratories concerning the morphology of Purkinje axon terminals and other boutons using GABA as their transmitter.
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Walberg, F. (1978). Comments on the Morphology of Inhibitory Axons. In: Fonnum, F. (eds) Amino Acids as Chemical Transmitters. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4030-0_2
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