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Table 2 Fgf2 exon 3 -/- mice show a decrease in proliferative cell populations

From: Decrease in excitatory neurons, astrocytes and proliferating progenitors in the cerebral cortex of mice lacking exon 3 from the Fgf2 gene

 

Cell Number

 
 

Wild type

Fgf2 -/-

% of control

Total BrdU+ cell (103)

5.5 ± 0.40

3.9 ± 0.32*

71

Density BrdU+ cells (103 /mm3)

2.3 ± 0.33

1.4 ± 0.090

60

  1. Cell number was assessed by stereological analyses. N = 4 per group, *p < 0.05 (Student's t-test).
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BMC Neuroscience

ISSN: 1471-2202

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