Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells
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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently 1 0 2and
Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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