Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in suicide pathophysiology

The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 139-158

  Dwivedi, Yogesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b12215     Document Type: Chapter

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