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Insulin-like growth factor-2 does not improve behavioral deficits in mouse and rat models of Angelman Syndrome.
Molecular autism - 15 Sept 2021
Berg Elizabeth L, Petkova Stela P, Born Heather A, Adhikari Anna, Anderson Anne E, Silverman Jill L
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BACKGROUND: Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder for which there is currently no cure or effective therapeutic. Since the genetic cause of AS is known to be dysfunctional expression of the maternal allele of ubiquitin protein ligase E3A (UBE3A), several genetic animal models of AS have been developed. Both the Ube3a maternal deletion mouse and rat models of AS reliably demonstrate...
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