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Comprehensive behavioral phenotyping of calpastatin-knockout mice.
Molecular brain - 15 Sept 2008
Nakajima Ryuichi, Takao Keizo, Huang Shu-Ming, Takano Jiro, Iwata Nobuhisa, Miyakawa Tsuyoshi, Saido Takaomi C
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BACKGROUND: Calpastatin is an endogenous inhibitor of calpain, intracellular calcium-activated protease. It has been suggested to be involved in molecular mechanisms of long-term plasticity and excitotoxic pathways. However, functions of calpastatin in vivo are still largely unknown. To examine the physiological roles of calpastatin, we subjected calpastatin-knockout mice to a comprehensive behavioral test...
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