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Alterations of cortical and hippocampal EEG activity in MeCP2-deficient mice.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Apr 2010
D'Cruz Jennifer Anne, Wu Chiping, Zahid Tariq, El-Hayek Youssef, Zhang Liang, Eubanks James H
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome is a pediatric neurological condition caused by mutations of the gene encoding the transcriptional regulator MECP2. In this study, we examined cortical and hippocampal electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in male and female MeCP2-deficient mice at symptomatic stages during different behavioral states. During acute sleep, MeCP2-deficient mice displayed normal delta-like activity in cortex and...
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