The antinociceptive effect of antidepressants--noradrenergic versus serotonergic modes of action?

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Martin Aigner et al. Pain. 2000 Nov.

. 2000 Nov;88(2):217.

doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00329-8.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

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