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BMP9 protects septal neurons from axotomy-evoked loss of cholinergic phenotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Lopez-Coviella Ignacio, Mellott Tiffany J, Schnitzler Aletta C, Blusztajn Jan K
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BACKGROUND: Cholinergic projection from the septum to the hippocampus is crucial for normal cognitive function and degeneration of cells and nerve fibers within the septohippocampal pathway contributes to the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 9 is a cholinergic differentiating factor during development both in vivo and in vitro. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To determine...
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