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Brief report| Volume 20, ISSUE 12, P1321-1325, December 1985

Blink rate and stereotyped behavior: Evidence for dopamine involvement?

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90117-9
Blink rate and stereotyped behavior: Evidence for dopamine involvement?
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      Article info

      Publication history

      Received in revised form: July 5, 1985
      Received: June 3, 1985

      Footnotes

      ☆Supported in part by PHS Grants HD13344 and HDO7226.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(85)90117-9

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      © 1985 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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