New Drug Design in Psychopharmacology The Impact of Molecular Biology

John F. Tallman
Neurogen Corporation,
Branford, Connecticut 06405.

Svein G. Dahl
Department of Pharmacology,
Institute of Medical Biology,
University of Tromsö, N-9037
Tromsö, Norway.

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published 2000