Hedgehog rushes to the rescue of the developing cerebellum.

Baud, Olivier; Gressens, Pierre · Sci Transl Med · 2011

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Abstract

Premature birth often is associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities. In this issue of Science Translational Medicine, a pair of papers investigate--in patients and in a reliable animal model--the effects of glucocorticoids on cerebellar development after premature birth.

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