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Treatment of cocaine addiction with amphetamine, a sleep-suppressant drug: associative learning, sleep patterns and clinical perspectives

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  1. Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Napoleão de Barros, 925, 04021002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Laís F. Berro, Roberto Frussa-Filho, Sergio Tufik & Monica L. Andersen

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This letter is in memory of Dr. Roberto Frussa-Filho, who dedicated his entire life to Science, because a man is alive while his name is still spoken.

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Berro, L.F., Frussa-Filho, R., Tufik, S. et al. Treatment of cocaine addiction with amphetamine, a sleep-suppressant drug: associative learning, sleep patterns and clinical perspectives. Psychopharmacology 231, 457–458 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3365-5

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