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Plasma Proteins and Fetal Brain Development

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The Role of Cell Interactions in Early Neurogenesis

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Several studies have demonstrated the presence of a number of plasma proteins (α-fetoprotein, fetuin, transferrin and albumin) in the developing brain of many different species including rat[1], mouse[2], sheep[3], pig[4] and human[5]. These proteins and some other plasma proteins have been found in high concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid in early stages of brain development[3,4,6–9]. The work described in this paper is concerned with two main questions. 1) Where do the plasma proteins in fetal csf and brain originate from? 2) What is their functional significance?

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  1. Department of Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, University College London, UK

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  1. Laboratory of General Biology, ERA—CNRS 327, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

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  2. University Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland

    A. C. Kato

  3. Laboratory of Fundamental Pharmacology and Toxicology, LP—CNRS 8221, Toulouse, France

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Saunders, N.R. (1984). Plasma Proteins and Fetal Brain Development. In: Duprat, AM., Kato, A.C., Weber, M. (eds) The Role of Cell Interactions in Early Neurogenesis. NATO ASI Series, vol 77. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1203-1_17

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