Antidepressant-like effects of an apolar extract and chow enriched with Nepeta cataria (catnip) in mice.

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عنوان ژورنال: Psychology & Neuroscience

سال: 2010

ISSN: 1983-3288,1984-3054

DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2010.2.015