Rapamycin is a neuroprotective treatment for traumatic brain injury

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Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice

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Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease

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Rapamycin inhibits primary and metastatic tumor growth by antiangiogenesis: involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor

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