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Brief report| Volume 22, ISSUE 10, P1274-1276, October 1987

Captopril as an antidepressant: Lack of effect in animal models of serotonergic function

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90036-9
Captopril as an antidepressant: Lack of effect in animal models of serotonergic function
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(87)90036-9

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