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. 2010 Apr;31(4):141-2; author reply 142-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2009.12.006. Epub 2010 Jan 22.

Lessons from the rotenone model of Parkinson's disease

J Timothy Greenamyre, Jason R Cannon, Robert Drolet, Pier-Giorgio Mastroberardino
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Lessons from the rotenone model of Parkinson's disease

J Timothy Greenamyre et al. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Apr.
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