Neurosteroids: Endogenous bimodal modulators of the GABAA receptor mechanism of action and physiological significance

Progress in Neurobiology - Tập 38 Số 4 - Trang 379-394 - 1992
Monika Majewska1
1Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Addiction Research Center, NIDA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

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