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The neurosteroid progesterone increases the expression of myelin proteins (MBP and CNPase) in rat oligodendrocytes in primary culture

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Jung-Testas, I., Schumacher, M., Robel, P. et al. The neurosteroid progesterone increases the expression of myelin proteins (MBP and CNPase) in rat oligodendrocytes in primary culture. Cell Mol Neurobiol 16, 439–443 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02088110

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