Norepinephrine and Serotonin Transporters

Molecular Targets of Antidepressant Drugs

E. L. Barker and R. D. Blakely
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia 30322.


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published 2000