Viscoelasticity of amyloid plaques in transgenic mouse brain studied by Brillouin microspectroscopy and correlative Raman analysis

Sara Mattana; Silvia Caponi; Francesco Tamagnini; Daniele Fioretto; Francesca Palombo

doi:10.1142/s1793545817420019

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