Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 8, November 2001, Pages 1555-1570
Kava pyrones exert effects on neuronal transmission and transmembraneous cation currents similar to established mood stabilizers - a review
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