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BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :6
Antidepressants, such as fluoxetine, take effect in cultured neurons by normalizing the transcription of several growth factors that would subsequently influence neuronal plasticity, offering a potential explanation for the clinical effects of the drugs.
BMC Pharmacology 2008, 8 :1
The dicholine salt of succinic acid improves insulin-receptor function in cultured neurons and increases cognitive performance in aging rats and rat models of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and Alzheimer
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