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May 2006
From brawn to brains
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Agrin, a regulator of neuromuscular junction development, also modulates synaptic activity in the brain via a newly identified receptor
3Na+/K+-ATPaseOriginal research paper: Cell 125, 359-369 (2006)
Deadly deletions?
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Extensive deletions of mitochondrial DNA are found in the substantia nigra in aged people and in Parkinson disease patients.
Original research paper: Nature Genetics 38, 515-517 (2006)
Crying over chromatin
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Antidepressants remodel chromatin structure in an animal model of depression.
Original research paper: Nature Neuroscience 9, 519-525 (2006)
Location, location, location.
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Mutations map to discrete regions of a voltage-gated potassium channel in two families with different types of dominant spinocerebellar ataxia.
Original research paper: Nature Genetics 38, 447-451 (2006)