Simvastatin reduces secondary brain injury caused by cortical contusion in rats: Possible involvement of TLR4/NF-κB pathway
- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Experimental Neurology
- Vol. 216 (2) , 398-406
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.12.019
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