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Biochemistry of the Nervous System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Derek Richter*
Affiliation:
Holder of Rockefeller Research Grant, Central Pathological Laboratory and Mill Hill Emergency Hospital, London, N.W. 7

Extract

Biochemical research has continued in spite of the war and considerable advances have been reported during the period under review. While the task of applying this new biochemical knowledge in the field of psychiatry has hardly yet begun, the underlying chemical mechanisms concerned in nervous activity are becoming considerably clearer and a few beginnings in this direction have been made.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1944 

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