Narp (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Narp

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New brain cells develop in the brain's hippocampus after electroconvulsive therapy in a healthy mouse (top) and a mouse lacking the protein Narp (bottom). The new cells from the Narp-less mice have fewer branching dendrites, needed for communication with nearby brain cells, than the healthy mice do.

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Irving Reti Laboratory

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