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

Editorial

Authors
Afrah Sepehr 1
Majid Motaghinejad 1
Soomaayeh Heysieattalab 2
Sepideh Safari 1
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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Advanced Biomedical Research
Volume 2020, February
February 2020
Pages 1-2