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Action of Drugs in the Central Nervous System

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Titration of a series of closely related β,β-dialkylglutarimide homologues with each other, and against a series of depressant drugs, provides evidence that stimulation and depression can be initiated at the same sites in the central nervous system.

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LAYCOCK, G., SHULMAN, A. Action of Drugs in the Central Nervous System. Nature 213, 995–998 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213995a0

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