Repeated N-Acetyl Cysteine Reduces Cocaine Seeking in Rodents and Craving in Cocaine-Dependent Humans

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Neuropsychopharmacology

• Publication date

  2011-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1038/npp.2010.226PMID 21160464PMCID PMC3052624
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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