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Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB)

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Experiments on mice show that animals with the activated TLR4 gene develop neuroinflammation and cognitive loss. When TLR4 is deactivated by medication or genetic changes, cognitive function is preserved.

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Fabricia L. Fontes-Dantas

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