Human neurospheres as three-dimensional cellular systems for developmental neurotoxicity testing.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on February 26, 2009

Authors

Michaela Moors1, Thomas Dino Rockel, Josef Abel, Jason E Cline, Kathrin Gassmann, Timm Schreiber, Janette Schuwald, Nicole Weinmann, Ellen Fritsche

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung gGmbH an der Heinrich Heine-Universität, Toxicology, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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