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Enkephalin may mediate euphoria and drive-reduction reward
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Metadata
- Authors
- BELLUZZI, J. D., & STEIN, L.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1977-04
- Volume
- 266
- Issue
- 5602
- Pages
- 556-558
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2011079069
- Cited by
- 450
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 11.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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