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Muzaimi Mustapha1 \*, Che Mohd Nasril Che Mohd Nassir1 , Yuen Kah Hay2 , Fung Wai Yee2 and Hafizah Abdul Hamid3

1 Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

3 Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

\*Address all correspondence to: mmuzaimi@usm.my

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