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Title: Defining the relationship between maternal care behavior and sensory development in Wistar rats: Auditory periphery development, eye opening and brain gene expression
Award ID(s):
1662970
PAR ID:
10189050
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
PLOS ONE
Volume:
15
Issue:
8
ISSN:
1932-6203
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e0237933
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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