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Death and survival of heterozygous Lurcher Purkinje cells in vitro.
Developmental neurobiology - 1 Jul 2009
Zanjani Hadi S, McFarland Rebecca, Cavelier Pauline, Blokhin Andrei, Gautheron Vanessa, Levenes Carole, Bambrick Linda L, Mariani Jean, Vogel Michael W
Abstract excerpt
The differentiation and survival of heterozygous Lurcher (+/Lc) Purkinje cells in vitro was examined as a model system for studying how chronic ionic stress affects neuronal differentiation and survival. The Lurcher mutation in the delta2 glutamate receptor (GluRdelta2) converts an orphan receptor into a membrane channel that constitutively passes an inward cation current. In the GluRdelta2(+/Lc) mutant, Purkinje...
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