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Effects on transmitter uptake and their cellular and molecular basis

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Treiber, K., Müller, W.E. (2005). Effects on transmitter uptake and their cellular and molecular basis. In: Müller, W.E. (eds) St. John’s Wort and its Active Principles in Depression and Anxiety. Milestones in Drug Therapy MDT. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7338-5_4

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