Astrocytes regulate GluR2 expression in motor neurons and their vulnerability to excitotoxicity.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on September 05, 2007

Authors

Philip Van Damme1, Elke Bogaert, Maarten Dewil, Nicole Hersmus, Dora Kiraly, Wendy Scheveneels, Ilse Bockx, Dries Braeken, Nathalie Verpoorten, Kristien Verhoeven, Vincent Timmerman, Paul Herijgers, Geert Callewaert, Peter Carmeliet, Ludo Van Den Bosch, Wim Robberecht

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Neurobiology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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