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PSA-NCAM expression in the rat medial prefrontal cortex.
Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2005
Varea E, Nácher J, Blasco-Ibáñez J M, Gómez-Climent M A, Castillo-Gómez E, Crespo C, Martínez-Guijarro F J
Abstract excerpt
The rat medial prefrontal cortex, an area considered homologous to the human prefrontal cortex, is a region in which neuronal structural plasticity has been described during adulthood. Some plastic processes such as neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis are known to be regulated by the polysialylated form of the neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM). Since PSA-NCAM is present in regions of the adult CNS which...
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