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  1. Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK

    Andrew Scholey, David Kennedy & Keith Wesnes

  2. Cognitive Drug Research Ltd, Goring on Thames, RG8 OEN, UK

    Keith Wesnes

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Scholey, A., Kennedy, D. & Wesnes, K. The psychopharmacology of herbal extracts: issues and challenges. Psychopharmacology 179, 705–707 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-2062-9

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