Central Nervous System
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center Publish New Data on Central Nervous System
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, November 21st, 2011
2011 NOV 21 -- Fresh data on Central Nervous System are presented in the report "Decreased dendritic spine density and abnormal spine morphology in Fyn knockout mice." According to the authors of a study from Washington, District of Columbia, "Fyn is a Src-family tyrosine kinase that affects long term potentiation (LTP), synapse formation, and learning and memory. Fyn is also implicated in dendritic spine formation both in vitro and in vivo."
"However, whether Fyn's regulation of dendritic spine formation is brain-region specific and age-dependent is unknown. In the present study, we systematically examined whether Fyn altered dendritic spine density and...
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