Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 1023-1028 , July 2005

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  • Nibaldo C. Inestrosa

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +56 2 686 2724; fax: +56 2 686 2959.
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  • Ariel E. Reyes

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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  • Marcelo A. Chacón

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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  • Waldo Cerpa

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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  • Aldo Villalón

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatría y Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Chile
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  • Juan Montiel

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatría y Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Chile
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  • Genevieve Merabachvili

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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  • Rebeca Aldunate

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    • Centro FONDAP de Regulación Celular y Patología “Joaquín V. Luco”, MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
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  • Francisco Bozinovic

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad (CASEB), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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  • Francisco Aboitiz

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatría y Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Chile

Received 29 March 2004 ,Revised 16 August 2004 ,Accepted 23 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.09.016

Neurobiology of Aging
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