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Mucopolysaccharides

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Chemical Architecture of the Nervous System

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Several excellent surveys of the chemistry and biochemistry of the acid mucopolysaccharides* and related compounds have recently been published.(1–4) However very little attention has been given to their presence and possible role in nervous tissue.

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Margolis, R.U. (1969). Mucopolysaccharides. In: Lajtha, A. (eds) Chemical Architecture of the Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7154-4_12

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