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Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 572634, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/572634
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Oxidative Stress in Neurodegeneration

Varsha Shukla,1 Santosh K. Mishra,2 and Harish C. Pant1

1Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
2Molecular Genetics Unit, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Received 20 April 2011; Accepted 22 June 2011

Academic Editor: Donard S. Dwyer

Copyright © 2011 Varsha Shukla et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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