Mouse cerebral cortex (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Mouse cerebral cortex

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Section of mouse brain tissue showing the messenger RNA for MNK1 (magenta) and MNK2 kinase (turquoise) – important enzymes that regulate the production of proteins – are both expressed in excitatory neurons (green) in the cortex.

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Erika Uddström, Hörnberg lab, Max Delbrück Center

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