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References for NET1102:

1. A. Lilja, O. Porras, E. Storelli, A. Nordberg, A. Marutle. Functional interactions of fibrillar and oligomeric amyloid-β with α7 nicotinic receptors in Alzheimer’s disease, In Journal of Alzheimer's disease, Volume 23, 2011, Pages 335-47.
2. A.V. Terry, D.A. Gearhart, S.P. Mahadik, S. Warsi, J.L. Waller, Chronic treatment with first or second generation antipsychotics in rodents: Effects on high affinity nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain, In Neuroscience, Volume 140, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1277-1287.