Hypothesizing that Putative Dopaminergic, Melatonin, Benzodiazepine Reward Circuitry Receptor(s) Activator Provides Sleep Induction Benefits
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1Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute, USA 2Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, USA 3Impact genomics, Inc., Lederoch, Pennsylvania, USA 4Department of Clinical Neurology, Path Research Foundation, USA 5Department of Holistic Medicine, National Institute for Holistic Addiction Studies, USA 6Department of Addiction Research & Therapy, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, USA 7Human Integrated Services Unit University of Vermont Center for Clinical & Translational Science, College of Medicine, USA 8Institute of Integrative Omics & Applied Biotechnology, India 9Department of Personalized Genomics, IGENE LLC., USA 10Department of Sociology, California State University, USA
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