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Learning deficits in forebrain-restricted brain-derived neurotrophic factor mutant mice.
Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2003
Gorski J A, Balogh S A, Wehner J M, Jones K R
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) participates in synaptic plasticity and the adaptive changes in the strength of communication between neurons thought to underlie aspects of behavioral adaptation. By selectively deleting BDNF from the forebrain of mice using the Cre site-specific DNA recombinase, we were able to study the requirements for BDNF in behaviors such as learning and anxiety. Early-onset...
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