Transplacental Exposure to AZT Induces Adverse Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects in a Mouse Model: Protection by L-Acetylcarnitine

• Anna Rita Zuena ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Rita Zuena, Chiara Giuli

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Chiara Giuli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Rita Zuena, Chiara Giuli

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Aldina Venerosi Pesciolini,

  Affiliation Section of Neurotoxicology & Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Antonella Tramutola,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Maria Antonietta Ajmone-Cat,

  Affiliation Section of Neurotoxicology & Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Carlo Cinque,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Giovanni Sebastiano Alemà,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Angela Giovine,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Gianfranco Peluso,

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry of Proteins, CNR, Naples, Italy

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• Luisa Minghetti,

  Affiliation Section of Experimental Neurology, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Raffaella Nicolai,

  Affiliation Therapeutic Area Life Cycle Management, Corporate R&D Sigma-Tau S.p.A., Pomezia, Rome, Italy

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• Gemma Calamandrei ,

  * E-mail: gemma.calamandrei@iss.it

  Affiliation Section of Neurotoxicology & Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Paola Casolini

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”, I Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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