Modulation of GABAergic synaptic transmission by the non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic etifoxine

@article{Schlichter2000ModulationOG,
  title={Modulation of GABAergic synaptic transmission by the non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic etifoxine},
  author={Rémy Schlichter and Volodymyr K. Rybalchenko and Pierrick Poisbeau and Marc Verleye and Jean-marie Gillardin},
  journal={Neuropharmacology},
  year={2000},
  volume={39},
  pages={1523-1535}
}
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