Exocannabinoids, Endocannabinoids, and Psychosis.

Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging

Psychiatry Service, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; Abraham Ribicoff Research Facilities, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: deepa

Published: June 2021


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