Minocycline may be useful to prevent or treat methamphetamine-induced neural cell death: Hypothetic role of autophagia and apoptosis signaling pathway

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1 Razi Drug Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Tabriz, Iran

2 Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

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