CB2 Receptor Agonists Protect Human Dopaminergic Neurons against Damage from HIV-1 gp120

Shuxian Hu; Wen S. Sheng; R. Bryan Rock

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077577

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CB₂ Receptor Agonists Protect Human Dopaminergic Neurons against Damage from HIV-1 gp120

Shuxian Hu,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Wen S. Sheng,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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R. Bryan Rock

* E-mail: rockx012@umn.edu

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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CB₂ Receptor Agonists Protect Human Dopaminergic Neurons against Damage from HIV-1 gp120

Shuxian Hu,
Wen S. Sheng,
R. Bryan Rock

Published: October 17, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077577

About the Authors

Shuxian Hu

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Wen S. Sheng

R. Bryan Rock

* E-mail: rockx012@umn.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH WSS RBR. Performed the experiments: SH WSS. Analyzed the data: SH WSS RBR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH WSS RBR. Wrote the manuscript: SH WSS RBR.

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