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A Neuronal and Astrocyte Co-Culture Assay for High Content Analysis of Neurotoxicity
Published on: May 5, 2009
Roles of glia in developmental neurotoxicity: session VI summary and research needs
E Tiffany-Castiglioni1, C Guerri, M Aschner
1Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4458, USA. ecastiglioni@cvm.tamu.edu
Neurotoxicology
|January 5, 2002
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