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MeCP2 phosphorylation limits psychostimulant-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 26 Mar 2014
Deng Jie V, Wan Yehong, Wang Xiaoting, Cohen Sonia, Wetsel William C, Greenberg Michael E, Kenny Paul J, Calakos Nicole, West Anne E
Abstract excerpt
The methyl-DNA binding protein MeCP2 is emerging as an important regulator of drug reinforcement processes. Psychostimulants induce phosphorylation of MeCP2 at Ser421; however, the functional significance of this posttranslational modification for addictive-like behaviors was unknown. Here we sho...
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