Neuropeptides as signal molecules in common with leukocytes and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

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Published in Brain Behav Immun on September 27, 2007

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Eric M Smith1

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1: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0431, USA. esmith@utmb.edu

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