Retraction notice to "Noopept; a nootropic dipeptide, modulates persistent inflammation by effecting spinal microglia dependent Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) and pro-BDNF expression throughout apoptotic process" [Heliyon (2021) e06219]

Heliyon. 2021 May 17;7(5):e06981. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06981. eCollection 2021 May.

Mona Taghizadeh^{1

2}, Nader Maghsoudi^{3

4}, Homa Manaheji^{1

2}, Valery Akparov⁵, Mansoureh Baniasadi^{1

2}, Mola Mohammadi^{1

2}, Samira Danyali¹, Rasoul Ghasemi¹, Jalal Zaringhalam^{1

2}

¹ Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Biology, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA.
⁴ Neurobiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, 117545, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06219.].