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Pharmacological studies of spinal cord adrenergic and cholinergic mechanisms and their relation to physical dependence on morphine

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A preliminary report of this work was presented in Federation Proceedings 23, 455 (1964).

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Martin, W.R., Eades, C.G. Pharmacological studies of spinal cord adrenergic and cholinergic mechanisms and their relation to physical dependence on morphine. Psychopharmacologia 11, 195–223 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405228

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