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Novel Therapeutic Target in PD: Experimental Models

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Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

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    Francesco Fornai

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  2. Universitá degli Studi di Brescia, 25124 Brescia, Italy

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    Israel Hanin

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Fornai, F. (2008). Novel Therapeutic Target in PD: Experimental Models. In: Fisher, A., Memo, M., Stocchi, F., Hanin, I. (eds) Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 57. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72076-0_8

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