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Lavreysen, H., Atack, J. (2015). Receptors: Functional Assays. In: Stolerman, I.P., Price, L.H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36172-2_208

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