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Acute rapamycin rescues the hyperexcitable phenotype of accumbal medium spiny neurons in the valproic acid rat model of autism spectrum disorder.
Pharmacological research - 1 Sept 2022
Iezzi D, Curti L, Ranieri G, Gerace E, Costa A, Ilari A, La Rocca A, Luceri C, D'Ambrosio M, Silvestri L, Scardigli M, Mannaioni G, Masi A
Abstract excerpt
We previously demonstrated that prenatal exposure to valproic acid (VPA), an environmental model of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), leads to a hyperexcitable phenotype associated with downregulation of inward-rectifying potassium currents in nucleus accumbens (NAc) medium spiny neurons (MSNs) of adolescent rats. Aberrant mTOR pathway function has been associated with autistic-like phenotypes in multiple animal...
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