Antioxidants as antidepressants: fact or fiction?

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Published in CNS Drugs on June 01, 2012

Authors

Giovanni Scapagnini1, Sergio Davinelli, Filippo Drago, Antonino De Lorenzo, Giovannangelo Oriani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. g.scapagnini@gmail.com

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