Aluminum and its potential contribution to Alzheimer's disease (AD)

نویسندگان

  • Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee
  • Yuhai Zhao
  • James M. Hill
  • Maire E. Percy
  • Walter J. Lukiw
چکیده

1 LSU Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA 3 Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA 4 Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 5 Neurogenetics Laboratory, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada 6 Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA *Correspondence: [email protected]

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دوره 6  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2014