The weaver GIRK2 mutation leads to decreased levels of serum thyroid hormone: characterization of the effect on midbrain dopaminergic neuron survival.

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The selective neurodegenerative changes occurring in the weaver mutant cerebellum and midbrain are linked to a point mutation in an inward rectifying potassium channel (GIRK2). However, given that GIRK2 is widely expressed in the CNS, it is not understood why this mutation only leads to neuroanatomically selective and developmentally specific neuronal cell death. Here we show that the phenotype of the weaver...

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