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NCAM deficiency in the mouse forebrain impairs innate and learned avoidance behaviours.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jun 2014
Brandewiede J, Stork O, Schachner M
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The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) has been implicated in the development and plasticity of neural circuits and the control of hippocampus- and amygdala-dependent learning and behaviour. Previous studies in constitutive NCAM null mutants identified emotional behaviour deficits related to disturbances of hippocampal and amygdala functions. Here, we studied these behaviours in mice conditionally deficient in...
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