Article Information
- Received March 31, 2004
- Revision received July 1, 2004
- Accepted July 2, 2004
- First published September 1, 2004.
- Version of record published September 1, 2004.
Author Information
- Josep M. Canals1,
- José R. Pineda1,
- Jesús F. Torres-Peraza1,
- Miquel Bosch1,
- Raquel Martín-Ibañez1,
- M. Teresa Muñoz1,
- Guadalupe Mengod2,
- Patrik Ernfors3, and
- Jordi Alberch1
- 1Departament de Biologia Cel·lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, and 2Department of Neurochemistry, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain, and 3Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Disclosures
- Received March 31, 2004.
- Revision received July 1, 2004.
- Accepted July 2, 2004.
This study was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología Grants SAF2002-00314 (J.A.), SAF2002-00311 (J.M.C.), and SAF1999-0123 (G.M.); Redes Temáticas de Investigación Coorporativa (G03/167, G03/210; Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo); Fundació La Caixa; and Fundación Ramón Areces. J.R.P. is a fellow of the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, J.F.T.-P. is a fellow of the Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, M.B. is a fellow of the Universitat de Barcelona, and R.M.-I. is a fellow of the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia. We thank Drs. Lydia Giménez-Llort and Mara Dierssen for their help with behavior design and analyses and for critically reading this manuscript. We are grateful to Sonia Marco, Ana López, and Francesca Calderón for technical assistance, Drs. Jordi Petriz and Isabel Sanchez (Cell Separation Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) for their support and advice in cell sorting technique, Anna Bosch (Serveis Científico-Tècnics, Universitat de Barcelona) for her support and advice in the use of confocal microscopy, Dr. Josep Lluis Carrasco (Departament de Salut Pública, Universitat de Barcelona) for statistical analyses, and Dr. Emili Martínez for the behavior set up. We are also grateful to Dr. Amèrica Jiménez and the staff of the animal facility (Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona) for their help with mouse care. We thank Robin Rycroft for checking the English.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Jordi Alberch, Departament de Biologia Cel·lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Casanova, 143, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: alberch{at}ub.edu.
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