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Nutritional Neuroscience
An International Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System
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Original research papers

Antenatal taurine supplementation improves cerebral neurogenesis in fetal rats with intrauterine growth restriction through the PKA-CREB signal pathway

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Pages 282-287 | Published online: 15 Nov 2013

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