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Neuronal D-serine regulates dendritic architecture in the somatosensory cortex.
Neuroscience letters - 31 May 2012
Balu Darrick T, Coyle Joseph T
Abstract excerpt
D-Serine, which is synthesized by the enzyme serine racemase (SR), is a co-agonist at the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). In an animal model of NMDAR hypofunction, the constitutive SR knockout (SR-/-) mouse, pyramidal neurons in primary somatosensory cortex (S1) have reductions in the complexity, total length, and spine density of apical and basal dendrites. We wondered whether the dendritic pathology...
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