On Neurodegenerative Diseases, Models, and Treatment Strategies: Lessons Learned and Lessons Forgotten a Generation Following the Cholinergic Hypothesis

Experimental Neurology - Tập 163 Số 2 - Trang 495-529 - 2000
Raymond T. Bartus1
1Preclinical R&D, Alkermes, Inc. 64 Sidney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139

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