Glutamate transporters and the excitotoxic path to motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Published in Antioxid Redox Signal on July 01, 2009

Authors

Emily Foran1, Davide Trotti

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1: Weinberg Unit for ALS Research, Farber Institute for the Neurosciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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