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Original Russian Text © I.O. Zakharova, T.V. Sokolova, N.F. Avrova, 2016, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 155—158.
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Zakharova, I.O., Sokolova, T.V. & Avrova, N.F. Prevention by alpha-tocopherol of protein kinase B (Akt) inactivation in neurons of rat brain cortex, induced by oxidative stress, contributes to its protective effect. J Evol Biochem Phys 52, 173–176 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093016020083
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