Rac1 at the crossroad of actin dynamics and neuroinflammation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

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Published in Front Cell Neurosci on September 08, 2014

Authors

Nadia D'Ambrosi1, Simona Rossi2, Valeria Gerbino3, Mauro Cozzolino4

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome, Italy.
2: National Research Council, Institute of Translational Pharmacology Rome, Italy ; Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS Rome, Italy.
3: Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS Rome, Italy ; Department of Biology, Università di Roma Tor Vergata Rome, Italy.
4: National Research Council, Institute of Translational Pharmacology Rome, Italy.

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