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  • 1Department of Mental Diseases, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

International Journal of General Medicine
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BDNFHCNPSD95anxietymGluRssynaptic plasticity

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