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Congenital hypothyroidism alters the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and p38MAPK in the hippocampus of neonatal rats.
Brain research. Developmental brain research - 1 Jan 2005
Calloni Giordano W, Penno Carlos A, Cordova Fabiano M, Trentin Andréa Gonçalves, Neto Vivaldo Moura, Leal Rodrigo Bainy
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Thyroid hormone deficiency during the critical period of neural differentiation produces permanent and severe alterations in the morphology and function of the nervous system leading to cretinism. Perinatal hypothyroidism results in permanent alterations of hippocampal synaptic functions in adult rats consequently causing learning and memory impairment. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a family of...
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