Astroglial Pharmacology

Elisabeth Hansson1, Thorleif Thorlin1, Mattias Linde1, Fredrik Blomstrand1, Peter S. Eriksson1, Ulrika Johansson1, Siamak Khatibi2, Michael Nilsson1, Torsten Olsson2, David Åuberg1 and Lars Rönnbäck1

1Institute of Neurobiology and Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Göteborg University, and 2Department of Applied Electronics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Correspondence to: Elisabeth Hansson
Institute of Neurobiology
Göteborg University
Medicinaregatan 5
S-413 90 Göteborg
Sweden
Tel.: +46-31-773 33 63
Fax.: +46-31-773 33 30
E-mail: elisabeth.hansson@anatcell.gu.se


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