The discovery of serotonin and its role in neuroscience

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue , 1999, Pages 2S-8S

  Whitaker Azmitia, Patricia Mack ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; NEUROSCIENCES; PORTRAITS; SEROTONIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032861214     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(99)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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