Clostridium perfringensepsilon toxin causes excessive release of glutamate in the mouse hippocampus
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- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 189 (1) , 109-113
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09215.x
Abstract
The mechanism of neurotoxicity of Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin to the mouse brain was investigated. Intravenous injection in mice with the toKeywords
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