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Author Correction: Felodipine induces autophagy in mouse brains with pharmacokinetics amenable to repurposing
Farah H Siddiqi1,2, Fiona M Menzies1, Ana Lopez1,3
1Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
Nature Communications
|June 6, 2019
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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