Fatty acid amide hydrolase is located preferentially in large neurons in the rat central nervous system as revealed by immunohistochemistry
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Acknowledgements
These studies were funded by grants from the NIH (NS33247, DA10536 to JMW and KT, K02MH01083, DA10043 to JMW, DA09155 and DA08098 to CJH, DA07318 to DGD).
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