Is Sugar a Gateway Drug?
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From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (E.R.K.), Kavli Institute for Brain Science (E.R.K.), and the Departments of Neuroscience (E.R.K.) and Psychiatry (E.R.K., D.B.K.), College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Mailman School of Public Health (D.B.K.), Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (D.B.K.) — all in New York. Address reprint requests to Dr. E. Kandel at the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Drug Abuse
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2471-853X
DOI: 10.21767/2471-853x.10008