Knockout of FABP4 Changes the Morphology of Cortical Neurons (IMAGE)

RIKEN

Knockout of FABP4 Changes the Morphology of Cortical Neurons

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Dendritic spines of cortical neurons in layers II and III (left) and layer V (right) in 4-week-old wildtype (top) and FABP4 KO mice (bottom). Like postmortem brains of people with autism spectrum disorders, the number and density of dendritic spines was greater in the FABP4 KO mice than in the control mice.

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