Axonal transport dysfunction of mitochondria in traumatic brain injury: A novel therapeutic target.

Exp Neurol

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: July 2020

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