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Behavioral and neuroanatomical abnormalities in pleiotrophin knockout mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Krellman Jason W, Ruiz Henry H, Marciano Veronica A, Mondrow Bracha, Croll Susan D
Abstract excerpt
Pleiotrophin (PTN) is an extracellular matrix-associated protein with neurotrophic and neuroprotective effects that is involved in a variety of neurodevelopmental processes. Data regarding the cognitive-behavioral and neuroanatomical phenotype of pleiotrophin knockout (KO) mice is limited. The purpose of this study was to more fully characterize this phenotype, with emphasis on the domains of learning and memory,...
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