Primary brain targets of nerve agents: The role of the amygdala in comparison to the hippocampus
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Acknowledgements
We thank Adriana Souza for assistance in the pathological analysis. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health CounterACT Program through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (award #U01 NS058162-01), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency-Joint Science and Technology Office, Medical S&T Division grant #1.E0021_07_US_C.
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