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A Turning Point For Blood–Brain Barrier Modeling

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  1. Collaborations in Chemistry, 601 Runnymede Avenue, Jenkintown, Pensylvannia, 19046, USA

    Sean Ekins

  2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA

    Sean Ekins

  3. Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes lane, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, USA

    Sean Ekins

  4. The Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7360, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7360, USA

    Alexander Tropsha

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Ekins, S., Tropsha, A. A Turning Point For Blood–Brain Barrier Modeling. Pharm Res 26, 1283–1284 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-009-9832-3

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