Neuropharmacology of Endogenous Opioid Peptides

J. J. Wagner
Department of Physiology
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland 21201.

C. I. Chavkin
Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195.


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