Differences between males and females in rates of serotonin synthesis in human brain.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on May 13, 1997

Authors

S Nishizawa1, C Benkelfat, S N Young, M Leyton, S Mzengeza, C de Montigny, P Blier, M Diksic

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4 Canada.

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Serotonin in Alcoholism | NCT00011752

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