Ghrelin controls hippocampal spine synapse density and memory performance

Diano, Sabrina, Farr, Susan A, Benoit, Stephen C, McNay, Ewan C, da Silva, Ivaldo, Horvath, Balazs, Gaskin, F Spencer, Nonaka, Naoko, Jaeger, Laura B, Banks, William A, Morley, John E, Pinto, Shirly, Sherwin, Robert S, Xu, Lin, Yamada, Kelvin A, Sleeman, Mark W, Tschöp, Matthias H, Horvath, Tamas L·2006·Nature Neuroscience

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