Catechol-o-methyltransferase enzyme activity and protein expression in human prefrontal cortex across the postnatal lifespan.

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Published in Cereb Cortex on July 11, 2006

Authors

E M Tunbridge1, C S Weickert, J E Kleinman, M M Herman, J Chen, B S Kolachana, P J Harrison, D R Weinberger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.

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