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Pharmacological approaches to the aging brain: In vivo and in vitro model systems

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Vernadakis, A. Pharmacological approaches to the aging brain: In vivo and in vitro model systems. AGE 12, 77–81 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02432639

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