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Rapamycin reverses impaired social interaction in mouse models of tuberous sclerosis complex.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2012
Sato Atsushi, Kasai Shinya, Kobayashi Toshiyuki, Takamatsu Yukio, Hino Okio, Ikeda Kazutaka, Mizuguchi Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Impairment of reciprocal social interaction is a core symptom of autism spectrum disorder. Genetic disorders frequently accompany autism spectrum disorder, such as tuberous sclerosis complex caused by haploinsufficiency of the TSC1 and TSC2 genes. Accumulating evidence implicates a relationship between autism spectrum disorder and signal transduction that involves tuberous sclerosis complex 1, tuberous sclerosis...
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