Agmatine improves cognitive dysfunction and prevents cell death in a streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer rat model.

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Published in Yonsei Med J on April 01, 2014

Authors

Juhyun Song1, Bo Eun Hur2, Kiran Kumar Bokara1, Wonsuk Yang1, Hyun Jin Cho1, Kyung Ah Park1, Won Taek Lee1, Kyoung Min Lee3, Jong Eun Lee2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
2: Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
3: Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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