Article Information
- Received November 6, 2001
- Revision received May 21, 2002
- Accepted May 21, 2002
- First published August 1, 2002.
- Version of record published August 1, 2002.
Author Information
- Tomoko Ishibashi1,2,3,
- Jeffrey L. Dupree4,
- Kazuhiro Ikenaka1,3,
- Yukie Hirahara5,
- Koichi Honke6,
- Elior Peles7,
- Brian Popko8,
- Kinuko Suzuki9,
- Hitoo Nishino10, and
- Hiroko Baba2
- 1Department of Physiological Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan,
- 2Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan,
- 3Laboratory of Neural Information, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki National Research Institutes, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan,
- 4Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23507,
- 5Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi 594-1101, Japan,
- 6Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Japan,
- 7Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel,
- 8Neuroscience Center, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and
- 9Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, and
- 10Department of Physiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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Disclosures
- Received November 6, 2001.
- Revision received May 21, 2002.
- Accepted May 21, 2002.
This work was supported by a Grant for Private Universities provided by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (both to H.B), and by Grants-in-Aid 10214204 and 13480270 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (K.I.). E.P. is an Incumbent of the Madeleine Haas Russell Career Development Chair. J.L.D. is supported by a grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This work was also supported by Grants NS27336 (B.P.) and NS24453 (K.S.) from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Hiroko Baba, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. E-mail: hirobaba{at}ps.toyaku.ac.jp.
