Brain drugs of the future

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7174, 1998, Pages 1698-1701

  Greenfield, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

BRAIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032570095     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7174.1698     Document Type: Short Survey

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