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Characterization of a model of hydrocephalus in transgenic mice.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Dec 1999
Cohen A R, Leifer D W, Zechel M, Flaningan D P, Lewin J S, Lust W D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECT: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the pathophysiological characteristics of hydrocephalus in a new transgenic model of mice created to overproduce the cytokine transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFbeta1) in the central nervous system (CNS). METHODS: Galbreath and colleagues generated transgenic mice that overexpressed TGFbeta1 in the CNS in an effort to examine the role of this cytokine in the...
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