Potential of kynurenine metabolites in drug development against neurodegenerative diseases.

Neural Regen Res

Division of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Published: February 2021

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