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Could u please recommend an article/book explaining how benzodiazepines work from neuroscience/biochemistry perspective? thanks
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Benzodiazepines: This sounds like a research project of some kind. But dr. Stephen stahl's work may answer your questions. He recently published a new edition of his essential psychopharmacology text: http://tinyurl.Com/k87bajd enjoy.
Answered 9/24/2013
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