Abstract：
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journal_name
Mol Neurobioljournal_title
Molecular neurobiologyauthors
Jang W,Park HH,Lee KY,Lee YJ,Kim HT,Koh SHdoi
10.1007/s12035-014-8835-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-04-01 00:00:00pages
558-70issue
2eissn
0893-7648issn
1559-1182journal_volume
51pub_type
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