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A Brain without Brakes: Reduced Inhibition Is Associated with Enhanced but Dysregulated Plasticity in the Aged Rat Auditory Cortex

J. Miguel Cisneros-Franco, Lydia Ouellet, Brishna Kamal and Etienne de Villers-Sidani
eNeuro 21 August 2018, 5 (4) ENEURO.0051-18.2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0051-18.2018
J. Miguel Cisneros-Franco
1Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal QC H3A 2B4, Canada
2Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, Montreal QC H3G 2A8, Canada
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A Brain without Brakes: Reduced Inhibition Is Associated with Enhanced but Dysregulated Plasticity in the Aged Rat Auditory Cortex
J. Miguel Cisneros-Franco, Lydia Ouellet, Brishna Kamal, Etienne de Villers-Sidani
eNeuro 21 August 2018, 5 (4) ENEURO.0051-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0051-18.2018

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J. Miguel Cisneros-Franco, Lydia Ouellet, Brishna Kamal, Etienne de Villers-Sidani
eNeuro 21 August 2018, 5 (4) ENEURO.0051-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0051-18.2018
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