The emergence of designed multiple ligands for neurodegenerative disorders

Progress in Neurobiology - Tập 94 - Trang 347-359 - 2011
Werner J. Geldenhuys1, Moussa B.H. Youdim2,3, Richard T. Carroll1, Cornelis J. Van der Schyf1
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), 4209 State Route 44, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA
2Technion-Rappaport Family-Faculty of Medicine, Eve Topf and US National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Haifa, Israel
3Department of Biology, Yonsei World Central University, Seoul, South Korea

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