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FURTHER to a recent report1 on the effects of intravenous bicuculline on neurones in the cat visual cortex, we feel that we should present some preliminary results from our own experiments.
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ROSE, D., BLAKEMORE, C. Effects of bicuculline on functions of inhibition in visual cortex. Nature 249, 375–377 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249375a0
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