Neuroactive steroids: mechanisms of action and neuropsychopharmacological properties

Psychoneuroendocrinology - Tập 28 - Trang 139-168 - 2003
R. Rupprecht1,2
1Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilian University, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
2Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany

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