The Mechanistic Classification of Addictive Drugs
Open Access
- 14 November 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (11) , e437
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030437
Abstract
The authors review recent research on the molecular mechanisms of addiction and propose a new classification for addictive drugs.Keywords
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