GABAB receptor mRNA in the raphe nuclei: co-expression with serotonin transporter and glutamic acid decarboxylase

Jordi Serrats1, Francesc Artigas, Guadalupe Mengod

  • 1Department of Neurochemistry, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, IIBB-CSIC (IDIBAPS), Rosselló 161, E-08036-Barcelona, Spain.

Journal of Neurochemistry
|February 4, 2003
PubMed

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