GABAB receptors as a therapeutic strategy in substance use disorders: Focus on positive allosteric modulators

@article{Filip2015GABABRA,
  title={GABAB receptors as a therapeutic strategy in substance use disorders: Focus on positive allosteric modulators},
  author={Małgorzata Filip and Małgorzata Frankowska and Anna Sadakierska-Chudy and Agata Suder and Łukasz Szumiec and Paweł Mierzejewski and Przemysław Bieńkowski and Edmund Przegaliński and John F. Cryan},
  journal={Neuropharmacology},
  year={2015},
  volume={88},
  pages={36-47}
}
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