NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF AZT ON DEVELOPING AND ADULT NEUROGENESIS
Azidothymidine (AZT) is a synthetic, chain-terminating nucleoside analog used to treat HIV-1 infection. While AZT is not actively transported across the blood brain barrier, it does accumulate at high levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and subsequently diffuses into the overlying parenchyma. Due to the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00093/full |