"Watch out for the break in the dam": Is Aquaporins dysfunction the missing link between immune dysregulation, glia activation, and neurodegeneration?

Parkinsonism Relat Disord

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Parkinson and Movement Disorders Unit, Milan, Italy. Electronic address:

Published: December 2023

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