Robert Morfin - DHEA and the Brain (Nutrition, Brain, and Behavior)

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DHEA and the Brain

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Nutrition, brain and behaviour

Edited by Chandan Prasad, PhD

Professor and Vice Chairman (Research)

Department of Medicine

LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, LA, USA

Series Editorial Advisory Board

Janina R.Galler, MD

Director and Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health

Center for Behavioral Development and Mental Retardation

Boston University School of Medicine

Boston, MA, USA

R.C.A.Guedes, MD, Phd

Departmento de Nutrio

Centro de Cincias Da Sade

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Recife/PE, BRASIL

Gerald Huether, PhD

Department of Psychiatric Medicine

Georg-August-Universitt Gttingen

D-37075 Gttingen, Germany

Abba J.Kastin, MD, DSc

Editor-in-chief, PEPTIDES

Endocrinology Section,

Medical Service, V.A. Medical Center,

1601 Perdido Street,

New Orleans, LA, USA

H.R.Lieberman, PhD

Military Performance and Neuroscience Division,

USARIEM

Natick, MA, USA

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Edited by

Robert Morfin

Laboratoire de Biotechnologie
Conservatoire National des Arts et Mtiers
Paris, France

London and New York

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First published 2002
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Kazutaka Aoki

The Third Department of Internal Medicine

Yokohama City University School of Medicine

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Japan

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Department of Neuroscience

University of Rome Tor Vergata

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