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HCNP precursor protein transgenic mice display a depressive-like phenotype in old age.
Brain research - 19 Aug 2010
Matsukawa Noriyuki, Furuya Yoshiaki, Ogura Hiroo, Ojika Kosei
Abstract excerpt
We have previously reported a novel peptide, hippocampal cholinergic neurostimulating peptide (HCNP), which induces acetylcholine synthesis by increasing the amount of cholineacetyltransferase (ChAT) in medial septal nuclei. The HCNP precursor protein, composed of 186 amino acids, is an inhibitory factor of the c-Raf/ MEK cascade and may be involved in the development of the fetal rat brain via the inhibition of...
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