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Acknowledgments. The author's research discussed in this review was supported by the following agencies: The Connaught Foundation, the Hospital for Sick Children, the C. K. Clarke Psychiatric Research Foundation and the Banting Foundation. The research was performed in the Psychopharmacology section, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I wish to thank Drs. Dumbrille-Ross, Morris and Tang for helpful discussions and Sheila McCormick for preparation of the manuscript.

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Davis, A. Molecular aspects of the imipramine ‘receptor’. Experientia 40, 782–794 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951960

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