Up-regulation of the peripheral-type ben
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Vemuganti L. Raghavendra Rao; Kellie K. Bowen; Adibhatla Muralikrishna Rao; Robe
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract In mammalian CNS, the peripheralโtype benzodiazepine receptor (PTBR) is localized on the outer mitochondrial membrane within the astrocytes and microglia. The main function of PTBR is to transport cholesterol across the mitochondrial membrane to the site of neurosteroid biosynthesis. Th