Prosaposin overexpression following kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity.

Because excessive glutamate release is believed to play a pivotal role in numerous neuropathological disorders, such as ischemia or seizure, we aimed to investigate whether intrinsic prosaposin (PS), a neuroprotective factor when supplied exogenously in vivo or in vitro, is up-regulated after the ex...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Nabeka, Keigo Uematsu, Hiroko Takechi, Tetsuya Shimokawa, Kimiko Yamamiya, Cheng Li, Takuya Doihara, Shouichiro Saito, Naoto Kobayashi, Seiji Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110534