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The Existence of Critical Levels for the Actions of Hormones and Enzymes, with Some Therapeutic Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. R. Ashby
W. R. Ashby*
Affiliation:
Barnwood House, Gloucester
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Does convulsive therapy in the depressive states produce its effect by some action on the pituitary and hypothalamus? This is a question which we at Barnwood House and at the Burden Neurological Institute are trying to answer.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 93 , Issue 393 , October 1947 , pp. 733 - 739
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1947 

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