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Mid-infrared Photons Released by NAD+ Reduction in the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle of Myelinated Neuron

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1200404 and 2018YFE0205501) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (T224100002).

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  1. Daoling Peng and Wenpeng Qi contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Daoling Peng

  2. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Wenpeng Qi

  3. Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instruments for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, School of Optical-Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Feng Zhang & Bo Song

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Peng, D., Qi, W., Zhang, F. et al. Mid-infrared Photons Released by NAD+ Reduction in the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle of Myelinated Neuron. Neurosci. Bull. 39, 1146–1150 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01044-7

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