The limited number of suitable animal models of bipolar disorder available for in-depth behavioral, biochemical, histological, and pharmacological analysis is a rate-limiting step in the process of understanding the relevant neurobiology of the disorder, as well as the development of novel medicatio
Animal models of bipolar disorder
β Scribed by Tadafumi Kato; Mie Kubota; Takaoki Kasahara
- Book ID
- 108218795
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0149-7634
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