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"Prolegomena" to the biology of the diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI)
1FIDIA-Georgetown Institute for the Neurosciences, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007.
Neuropharmacology
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
The historical background and the present views on the actions of DBI on GABAergic transmission are summarized in these introductory remarks.
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