Peripheral challenge with double-stranded RNA elicits global up-regulation of cytokine gene expression in the brain.

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Published in J Neurosci Res on May 01, 2009

Authors

Gregory W Konat1, Elizabeth Borysiewicz, Daniel Fil, Isaac James

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-9128, USA. gkonat@wvu.edu

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