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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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What does "shower" mean here?
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MCG scientists made the mouse by deleting a candidate gene for schizophrenia, ErbB4, from interneurons, which are brain cells that help shower larger decision-making neurons, called pyramidal cells, with inhibition.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091228163308.htm
MCG scientists made the mouse by deleting a candidate gene for schizophrenia, ErbB4, from interneurons, which are brain cells that help shower larger decision-making neurons, called pyramidal cells, with inhibition.
More:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091228163308.htm
Top answer
Perhaps it means that the stimulating cells (the interneurons) emit an inhibitor molecule (GABA) in large quantities, somewhat indiscriminately to bathe the nearby pyramidal cells and control their activity.
- Perhaps it means that the stimulating cells (the interneurons) emit an inhibitor molecule (GABA) in large quantities, somewhat indiscriminately to bathe the nearby pyramidal cells and control their activity.
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Perhaps it means that the stimulating cells (the interneurons) emit an inhibitor molecule (GABA) in large quantities, somewhat indiscriminately to bathe the nearby pyramidal cells and control their activity.
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