Endogenous kynurenate controls the vulnerability of striatal neurons to quinolinate: Implications for Huntington's disease.

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Published in Exp Neurol on August 15, 2005

Authors

Michael T Sapko1, Paolo Guidetti, Ping Yu, Danilo A Tagle, Roberto Pellicciari, Robert Schwarcz

Author Affiliations

1: Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, P.O. Box 21247, Baltimore, MD 21228, USA.

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