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Noradrenergic modulation of cognitive function: clinical implications of anatomical, electrophysiological and behavioural studies in animal models1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

C. W. Berridge ,
A. F. T. Arnsten  and
S. L. Foote
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 557 - 564
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