Plumbagin increased NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1) activity and decreased xCT expression, resulting in NQO1-dependent glioma cell death
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This is consistent with the idea that stabilization of structural plasticity induced by experience can take several hours to weeks, and involves both strengthening and weakening of selected synapses (Hofer et al., 2009
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