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Changes in caffeine seizure threshold after electroconvulsive shock

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  1. Laboratory of Clinical Studies, DICBR, National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Building 10, Room 3B19, 9000 Rockville Pike, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Christoph H. Gleiter & David J. Nutt

  2. Unit on Neurochemistry, Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 10, Room 3C210, 9000 Rockville Pike, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Jürgen Deckert

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Gleiter, C.H., Deckert, J. & Nutt, D.J. Changes in caffeine seizure threshold after electroconvulsive shock. Psychopharmacology 95, 544–545 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172971

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