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Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 506191, 7 pages
Dehydroepiandrosterone Stimulates Nerve Growth Factor and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Cortical Neurons
1Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Department, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19988-96953, Iran
2Applied Cell Sciences Department, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19988-96953, Iran
3Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19969-14151, Iran
4Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad 91779-48564, Iran
Received 13 August 2013; Revised 15 October 2013; Accepted 15 October 2013
Academic Editor: Karim A. Alkadhi
Copyright © 2013 Anahita Rahmani 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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