Refining the Roles of Neuroligins in Synapse Development and Function: A Reductionist Conditional Knock-out Approach

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¹ Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada hunter.shaw@mail.mcgill.ca.
² Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.

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Hunter S Shaw et al. J Neurosci. 2017.

. 2017 Dec 6;37(49):11769-11771.

doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2492-17.2017.

¹ Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada hunter.shaw@mail.mcgill.ca.
² Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.

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