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. 2022 Mar;38(3):251-254.
doi: 10.1051/medsci/2022014. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

[Astrocytes, guardians of critical period plasticity]

[Article in French]
Jérôme Ribot  1 , Rachel Breton  2 , Glenn Dallérac  1 , Nathalie Rouach  1
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[Astrocytes, guardians of critical period plasticity]

[Article in French]
Jérôme Ribot et al. Med Sci (Paris). 2022 Mar.
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