Decrease in prosaposin in the Dystrophic mdx mouse brain.

<h4>Background</h4>Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by a mutation in the X-linked dystrophin gene induces metabolic and structural disorders in the brain. A lack of dystrophin in brain structures is involved in impaired cognitive function. Prosaposin (PS), a neurotrophic factor, is abu...

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Main Authors: Hui-Ling Gao, Cheng Li, Hiroaki Nabeka, Tetsuya Shimokawa, Naoto Kobayashi, Shouichiro Saito, Zhan-You Wang, Ya-Ming Cao, Seiji Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24244600/?tool=EBI