The effect of prolonged treatment with imipramine and electroconvulsive shock on the levels of endogenous enkephalins in the nucleus accumbens and the ventral tegmentum of the rat
✍ Scribed by M. Dziedzicka-Wasylewska; R. Rogoż
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 532 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-1463
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