A central role for the small GTPase Rac1 in hippocampal plasticity and spatial learning and memory.

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Published in Mol Cell Neurosci on April 24, 2009

Authors

Ursula Haditsch1, Dino P Leone, Mélissa Farinelli, Anna Chrostek-Grashoff, Cord Brakebusch, Isabelle M Mansuy, Susan K McConnell, Theo D Palmer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, MSLS P304, Stanford, California 94305, USA. ursula.haditsch@stanford.edu

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