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Regional Volume Decreases in the Brain of Pax6 Heterozygous Mutant Rats: MRI Deformation-Based Morphometry.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Hiraoka Kotaro, Sumiyoshi Akira, Nonaka Hiroi, Kikkawa Takako, Kawashima Ryuta, Osumi Noriko
Abstract excerpt
Pax6 is a transcription factor that pleiotropically regulates various developmental processes in the central nervous system. In a previous study, we revealed that Pax6 heterozygous mutant (rSey2/+) adult rats exhibit abnormalities in social interaction. However, the brain malformations underlying the behavioral abnormality are unknown. To elucidate the brain malformations in rSey2/+ rats, we morphometrically...
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