Novel Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Depression
Dennis L. Murphy,
Laboratory of Clinical Science,
National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Philip B. Mitchell
School of Psychiatry
University of New South Wale
Prince Henry Hospital
Little Bay, N.S.W. 2036, Australia.
and
William Z. Potter
Section on Clinical Pharmacology
Experimental Therapeutics Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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