Repurposing buspirone for drug addiction treatment.
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Bernard Le Foll and Isabelle Boileau 1 Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Alcohol Research and Treatment Clinic, Addictions Program, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Family and Community Medicine and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 Addiction Imaging Research Group, Research Imaging Center, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
دوره 16 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013