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A bat's perspective on navigation

Edvard I. Moser
PNAS September 20, 2011 108 (38) 15665-15666; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1112843108
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vol. 108 no. 38 15665-15666
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1112843108
PubMed: 
21903921

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue September 20, 2011.
  • Published first September 8, 2011.

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Author Information

  1. Edvard I. Moser1
  1. Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030 Trondheim, Norway

Footnotes

  • ↵1E-mail: edvard.moser{at}ntnu.no.
  • Author contributions: E.I.M. wrote the paper.

  • The author declares no conflict of interest.

  • See companion article on pages E718 and 15031 of issue 37 in volume 108.

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