The discovery of serotonin

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 260-273

  Rapport, Maurice M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITERATURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031521491     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1997.0040     Document Type: Article

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