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Targeting astrocytes in major depression

Liang PengLaboratory of Metabolic Brain Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, No. 92 Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyang, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Alexei VerkhratskyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Li GuLaboratory of Metabolic Brain Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, No. 92 Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyang, PR China
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Baoman LiLaboratory of Metabolic Brain Diseases, Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, No. 92 Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyang, PR China
Pages 1299-1306 | Published online: 15 Oct 2015

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