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I'm working with animal models for bipolar disorder to investigate lithium mechanisms of action. However i've been using lithium dosage based only in the suggestions from the literature. Indeed, I...

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Is it okay to homogenize brain tissue with ultrasonic waves before following TRIzol's protocols for RNA, DNA and protein extraction?

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