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Correction of fragile X syndrome in mice.
Neuron - 20 Dec 2007
Dölen Gül, Osterweil Emily, Rao B S Shankaranarayana, Smith Gordon B, Auerbach Benjamin D, Chattarji Sumantra, Bear Mark F
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of heritable mental retardation and the leading identified cause of autism. FXS is caused by transcriptional silencing of the FMR1 gene that encodes the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), but the pathogenesis of the disease is unknown. According to one proposal, many psychiatric and neurological symptoms of FXS result from unchecked activation of mGluR5,...
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