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Early environmental enrichment moderates the behavioral and synaptic phenotype of MeCP2 null mice.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Apr 2010
Lonetti Giuseppina, Angelucci Andrea, Morando Laura, Boggio Elena M, Giustetto Maurizio, Pizzorusso Tommaso
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BACKGROUND: Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked progressive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a variety of symptoms including motor abnormalities, mental retardation, anxiety, and autism. Most of RTT cases are caused by mutations of MeCP2. In mice, impaired MeCP2 function results in syn...
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