Cocaine Sensitization: Modulation by Dopamine D2 Receptors
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Cocaine sensitization: modulation by dopamine D2 receptors.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cerebral Cortex
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1460-2199
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/12.5.526