Removal of tissue plasminogen activator does not protect against neuronal degeneration in the cerebellum of the weaver mouse.

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Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a serine protease that has been shown to be involved in neuronal degeneration. Recently, elevated cerebellar tPA has been reported in a naturally occurring mutant mouse, weaver. Weaver mice suffer extensive degeneration of cerebellar granular neurons during development, leading to severe malformation of the cerebellum as well as abnormal behavior (ataxia). The observations...

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