GABAA Agonists and Partial Agonists: THIP (Gaboxadol) as a Non-Opioid Analgesic and a Novel Type of Hypnotic1

Advances in Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2006, Pages 53-71

  Krogsgaard Larsen, Povl ^a   Frølund, Bente ^a   Liljefors, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 33846167140     PISSN: 10543589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3589(06)54003-7     Document Type: Review

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