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Neurology Research International
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 383087, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/383087
Review Article
Animal Models of MS Reveal Multiple Roles of Microglia in Disease Pathogenesis
Program in Neurosciences, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651, USA
Received 1 June 2011; Revised 5 September 2011; Accepted 5 September 2011
Academic Editor: Mamede de Carvalho
Copyright © 2011 Zhen Gao and Stella E. Tsirka. 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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