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Repeated electroconvulsive shock increases the number of [3H]desipramine binding sites in rat cerebral cortex

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Gleiter, C.H., Nutt, D.J. Repeated electroconvulsive shock increases the number of [3H]desipramine binding sites in rat cerebral cortex. Psychopharmacology 96, 426–427 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216075

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