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The Chemistry of Depression
References

By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com

Updated November 29, 2006

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  1. Nemeroff, Charles B. The Neurobiology of Depression. Scientific American, June 1998 [journal online]; Internet; cited May 15, 2000.
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