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Ontogenic reduction of Aph-1b mRNA and gamma-secretase activity in rats with a complex neurodevelopmental phenotype.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Aug 2006
Coolen M W, van Loo K M J, Ellenbroek B A, Cools A R, Martens G J M
Abstract excerpt
Selectively bred apomorphine susceptible (APO-SUS) rats display a complex behavioral phenotype remarkably similar to that of human neurodevelopmental disorders, such as schizophrenia. We recently found that the APO-SUS rats have only one or two Aph-1b gene copies (I/I and II/II rats, respectively), whereas their phenotypic counterpart has three copies (III/III). Aph-1b is a component of the gamma-secretase enzyme...
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