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Anxiety, memory impairment, and locomotor dysfunction caused by a mutant thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 can be ameliorated by T3 treatment.
Genes & development - 15 Sept 2005
Venero César, Guadaño-Ferraz Ana, Herrero Ana Isabel, Nordström Kristina, Manzano Jimena, de Escobar Gabriella Moreale, Bernal Juan, Vennström Björn
Abstract excerpt
The transcriptional properties of unliganded thyroid hormone receptors are thought to cause the misdevelopment during hypothyroidism of several functions essential for adult life. To specifically determine the role of unliganded thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 (TRalpha1) in neuronal tissues, we introduced a mutation into the mouse TRalpha1 gene that lowers affinity to thyroid hormone (TH) 10-fold. The resulting...
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