REELIN

Reelin

Reelin is a large secreted extracellular matrix glycoprotein that helps regulate processes of neuronal migration and positioning in the developing brain by controlling cell–cell interactions. Besides this important role in early development, reelin continues to work in the adult brain. It modulates synaptic plasticity by enhancing the induction and maintenance of long-term potentiation. It also stimulates dendrite and dendritic spine development and regulates the continuing migration of neuroblasts generated in adult neurogenesis sites like subventricular and subgranular zones. It is found not only in the brain, but also in the spinal cord, blood, and other body ...

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reel in

Verb

  1. to bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel.
  2. to bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion)


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reelin

Noun

  1. A protein that helps to regulate processes of neuronal migration and positioning in the developing brain.


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