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Special issue on the psychopharmacology of prepulse inhibition: basic and clinical studies

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  1. Abteilung Neuropharmakologie, Institut für Hirnforschung, Universität Bremen, Postfach 33 04 40, 28334, Bremen, Germany

    M. Koch

  2. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK

    T. W. Robbins

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Koch, M., Robbins, T.W. Special issue on the psychopharmacology of prepulse inhibition: basic and clinical studies. Psychopharmacology 156, 115–116 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002130100826

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