Simvastatin Treatment Highlights a New Role for the Isoprenoid/Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway in the Modulation of Emotional Reactivity and Cognitive Performance in Rats

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  2014

• Venue

  Neuropsychopharmacology

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/npp.2013.284PMID 24108067PMCID PMC3924519
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