Retraction notice to “On the early toxic effect of quinolinic acid: Involvement of RAGE” [Neurosci. Lett. 474(2) (2010) 74–78, (S0304394010002806), (10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.007)]

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. The journal received a complaint regarding Figure 1 of this publication, entitled “Increased striatal expression of RAGE, NF-κB, and GFAP by QUIN in rats”. The complaint alleged that there were multiple duplicated images in the three Western blots in this figure (1A, B, and C). The senior/corresponding author, Dr. Santamaría, was contacted. He explained that he had been the victim of continuous harassment that had resulted in other such situations, and that any similarities in the images were probably due to the western blotting procedure. Subsequently, image analysis software identified multiple (fifteen) possible sub-image duplications or manipulations in the figure. On the strength of this evidence, and in keeping with COPE standards, the Editor in Chief has decided to retract the paper. S.F. Ali, & A. Santamaría agreed that retraction is the most appropriate action for this article. E. Cuevas, & Q. Wu acknowledged the retraction. Despite multiple attempts, contact unfortunately could not be made with the following authors to obtain their feedback regarding the retraction: S. Lantz, G. Newport, B. Divine, M. Paule & J.C. Tobón-Velasco. Apologies are offered to the readers of Neuroscience Letters that these issues were not detected during the submission and review process.