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Complex Neurological Phenotype in Mutant Mice Lacking Tsc2 in Excitatory Neurons of the Developing Forebrain(123).
eNeuro - 1 Jan 2000
Crowell Beth, Lee Gum Hwa, Nikolaeva Ina, Dal Pozzo Valentina, D'Arcangelo Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes cause tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a genetic disease often associated with epilepsy, intellectual disability, and autism, and characterized by the presence of anatomical malformations in the brain as well as tumors in other organs. The TSC1 and TSC2 proteins form a complex that inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling. Previous animal studies...
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