When melatonin gets on your nerves: its beneficial actions in experimental models of stroke.

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Published in Exp Biol Med (Maywood) on February 01, 2005

Authors

Russel J Reiter1, Dun-Xian Tan, Josefa Leon, Ulkan Kilic, Ertugrul Kilic

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7762, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. reiter@uthscsa.edu

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