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Studies on mescaline XI: Biochemical findings during the mescaline-induced state with observations on the blocking action of different psychotropic drugs

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  1. Research Division, Manhattan State Hospital Ward's Island, New York 35, N. Y.

    Herman C. B. Denber M.D.

  2. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

    Herman C. B. Denber M.D.

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These studies were carried out in the research division of Manhattan (N.Y.) State Hospital, and this report was presented at the symposium, “The Problem of Antagonists to Psychotropic Drugs,” Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Basle, Switzerland, July 4–7, 1960.

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Denber, H.C.B. Studies on mescaline XI: Biochemical findings during the mescaline-induced state with observations on the blocking action of different psychotropic drugs. Psych Quar 35, 18–48 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01572555

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