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Beneficial effects of the antiglutamatergic agent riluzole in a patient diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder

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The authors would like to thank the Clinical Staff of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit of the Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Conn., USA for their contributions to the clinical management of the patient in this report. The authors would like to acknowledge the State of Connecticut for its support of the Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (KO2 AA 00261-01), the Department of Veterans Affairs through its support of the Alcohol Research Center and National Center for PTSD, and NARSAD Independent Investigation Award (RTM).

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  1. Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA

    Vladimir Coric, Snezana Milanovic, Suzanne Wasylink, Pinal Patel, Robert Malison & John H. Krystal

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., USA

    Vladimir Coric, Snezana Milanovic, Suzanne Wasylink, Pinal Patel, Robert Malison & John H. Krystal

  3. Schizophrenia Biological Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System (116-A), 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Conn., USA

    John H. Krystal

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Coric, V., Milanovic, S., Wasylink, S. et al. Beneficial effects of the antiglutamatergic agent riluzole in a patient diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder. Psychopharmacology 167, 219–220 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-003-1396-z

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