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Schematic illustration of aspartame-induced rats’ cerebral cortex injury. The neurotoxicity effects could be regulated through four mechanisms: enhanced inflammation, enhanced oxidant stress, decreased mitochondrial biogenesis, and apoptosis pathways. These four mechanisms could directly or indirectly affect the survival of pyramidal cells and granular cells, including astrocyte glial cells of cerebral cortex.
