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Activin facilitates neuronal development in the rat amygdala

V L Trudeau1, D T Theodosis, D A Poulain

  • 1Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, UK. v.trudeau@abdn.ac.uk

Neuroscience Letters
|December 24, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Activin-A, a protein, was found to promote neuronal growth and prevent atrophy in the central nervous system (CNS). This suggests a potential neurotrophic role for activin-A in developing brains.

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