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Autism-like socio-communicative deficits and stereotypies in mice lacking heparan sulfate.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2012
Irie Fumitoshi, Badie-Mahdavi Hedieh, Yamaguchi Yu
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Heparan sulfate regulates diverse cell-surface signaling events, and its roles in the development of the nervous system recently have been increasingly uncovered by studies using genetic models carrying mutations of genes encoding enzymes for its synthesis. On the other hand, the role of heparan sulfate in the physiological function of the adult brain has been poorly characterized, despite several pieces of...
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