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Relationship between microglial activation and dopaminergic neuronal loss in the substantia nigra: a time course study in a 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson’s disease
Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06189.x
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Marinova-Mutafchieva, L., Sadeghian, M., Broom, L., Davis, J. B., Medhurst, A. D. and Dexter, D. T. (2009), Relationship between microglial activation and dopaminergic neuronal loss in the substantia nigra: a time course study in a 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurochemistry, 110: 966–975. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06189.x
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- Issue published online: 13 JUL 2009
- Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009
- Received May 12, 2009 accepted May 18, 2009.
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