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This perspective review was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0803607), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371489, 31500864), and China Scholarship Council (201606015059).
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Zhu, W., Zhang, W., Li, J. et al. The abuse of anesthetic propofol: associated with cognitive impairment. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 1428–1431 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9401-9
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