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Effects of a postnatal Atrx conditional knockout in neurons on autism-like behaviours in male and female mice.
Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders - 24 Jun 2020
Martin-Kenny Nicole, Bérubé Nathalie G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation, X-linked, or ATRX, is an autism susceptibility gene that encodes a chromatin remodeler. Mutations of ATRX result in the ATR-X intellectual disability syndrome and have been identified in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients. The mechanisms by which ATRX mutations lead to autism and autistic-like behaviours are not yet known. To address this question, we...
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