The dopamine synapse and the notion of ‘pleasure centers’ in the brain
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Trends in Neurosciences
- Vol. 3 (4) , 91-95
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(80)90035-1
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