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Lack of dietary ascorbic acid lowered plasma levels of ascorbic acid but failed to change levels of brain norepinephrine or dopamine.
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Green, M.D., Bell, W., Kraut, C. et al. Failure of ascorbic acid to influence brain catecholamines in the guinea-pig. Experientia 35, 515 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922740
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