Retraction notice to "Noopept; a nootropic dipeptide, modulates persistent inflammation by effecting spinal microglia dependent Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) and pro-BDNF expression throughout apoptotic process" [Heliyon (2021) e06219]

Mona Taghizadeh^{1

2}, Nader Maghsoudi^{3

4}, Homa Manaheji^{1

2}, Valery Akparov⁵, Mansoureh Baniasadi^{1

2}, Mola Mohammadi^{1

2}, Samira Danyali¹, Rasoul Ghasemi¹, Jalal Zaringhalam^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Biology, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA.
⁴ Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, 117545, Moscow, Russia.

Mona Taghizadeh et al. Heliyon. 2021.

. 2021 May 17;7(5):e06981.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06981. eCollection 2021 May.

¹ Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Biology, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA.
⁴ Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, 117545, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06219.].

Noopept; a nootropic dipeptide, modulates persistent inflammation by effecting spinal microglia dependent Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) and pro-BDNF expression throughout apoptotic process.
Taghizadeh M, Maghsoudi N, Manaheji H, Akparov V, Baniasadi M, Mohammadi M, Danyali S, Ghasemi R, Zaringhalam J. Taghizadeh M, et al. Heliyon. 2021 Feb 12;7(2):e06219. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06219. eCollection 2021 Feb. Heliyon. 2021. Retraction in: Heliyon. 2021 May 17;7(5):e06981. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06981. PMID: 33644478 Free PMC article. Retracted.