Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 57-62 , March 2010

Microglial and astrocytic changes in the striatum of methamphetamine abusers

  • Osamu Kitamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Legal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan. Tel.: +81 76 218 8099; fax: +81 76 286 5242.
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  • Toshiaki Takeichi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
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  • Elaine Lu Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
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  • Itsuo Tokunaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Health Bioscience, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan
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  • Akiko Ishigami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Health Bioscience, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan
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  • Shin-ichi Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan

Received 9 June 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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PII: S1344-6223(09)00360-5

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.001

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 57-62 , March 2010

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